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1	accept_memory=  [MM]
2			Format: { eager | lazy }
3			default: lazy
4			By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
5			avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
6			some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
7			accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
8			For some workloads or for debugging purposes
9			accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
10			at once during boot.
11
12	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt | nospcr }
16			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
17			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
18			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
19			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
20			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
21				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
22			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
23			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
24			nospcr -- disable console in ACPI SPCR table as
25				default _serial_ console on ARM64
26			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on", "acpi=force" or
27			"acpi=nospcr" are available
28			For RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
29			are available
30
31			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
32
33	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
34			Format: <int>
35			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
36			1,0: use 1st APIC table
37			default: 0
38
39	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
40			{ vendor | video | native | none }
41			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
42			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
43			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
44			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
45			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
46			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
47
48	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
49			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
50			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
51			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
52			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
53
54	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
55			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
56			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
57			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
58			This option is useful for developers to identify the
59			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
60			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
61
62	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
63	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
64			Format: <int>
65			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
66			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
67			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
68			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
69			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
70			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
71			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
72			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
73			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
74			debug layers and levels.
75
76			Enable processor driver info messages:
77			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
78			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
79			object while interpreting AML:
80			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
81			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
82			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
83
84			Some values produce so much output that the system is
85			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
86			if you need to capture more output.
87
88	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
89			{ strict | lax | no }
90			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
91			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
92			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
93			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
94			can interfere with legacy drivers.
95			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
96			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
97			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
98			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
99			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
100			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
101			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
102			no further checks are performed.
103
104	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
105			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
106			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
107			size limitation.
108
109	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
110			ACPI will balance active IRQs
111			default in APIC mode
112
113	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
114			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
115			default in PIC mode
116
117	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
118			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
119
120	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
121			use by PCI
122			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
123
124	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
125			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
126			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
127			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
128			the GPE dispatcher.
129			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
130			GPE floodings.
131			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
132
133	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
134			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
135			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
136			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
137			auto-serialization feature.
138			This feature is enabled by default.
139			This option allows to turn off the feature.
140
141	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
142			   kernels.
143
144	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
145			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
146			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
147			installed automatically and they will appear under
148			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
149			This option turns off this feature.
150			Note that specifying this option does not affect
151			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
152			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
153
154	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
155			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
156			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
157
158	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
159			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
160			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
161			second kernel for kdump.
162
163	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
164			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
165
166	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
167			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
168			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
169			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
170			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
171
172	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
173			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
174			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
175			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
176			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
177						  strings
178			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
179						  strings
180			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
181
182			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
183			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
184			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
185			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
186			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
187			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
188			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
189			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
190			care about the state of the feature group strings which
191			should be controlled by the OSPM.
192			Examples:
193			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
194			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
195			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
196
197			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
198			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
199			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
200			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
201			multiple times through kernel command line is also
202			meaningless.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
205			     FALSE.
206
207			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
208			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
209			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
210			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
211			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
212			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
213			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
214			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
215			is useful when one want to control the state of the
216			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
217			the OSPM features.
218			Examples:
219			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
220			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
221			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
222			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
223			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
224			     equivalent to
225			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
226			     and
227			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
228			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
229
230	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
231			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
232			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
233			and always returns good values.
234
235	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
236			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
237
238	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
239			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
240			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
241
242	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
243			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
244				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
245				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
246			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
247			s3_bios and s3_mode.
248			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
249			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
250			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
251			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
252			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
253			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
254			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
255			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
256			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
257			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
258			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
259			used (or even warned about) during resume.
260			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
261			control method, with respect to putting devices into
262			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
263			of _PTS is used by default).
264			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
265			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
266			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
267			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
268			but some broken systems don't work without it).
269			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
270			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
271			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
272
273	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
274			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
275			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
276
277	add_efi_memmap	[EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
278			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
279
280	agp=		[AGP]
281			{ off | try_unsupported }
282			off: disable AGP support
283			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
284				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
285
286	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
287			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
288
289	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
290			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
291			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
292			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
293
294	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
295			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
296			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
297			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
298			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
299			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
300			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
301
302			32: only for 32-bit processes
303			64: only for 64-bit processes
304			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
305			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
306
307	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
308			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
309			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
310			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
311			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
312			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
313
314	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
315			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
316			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
317			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
318			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
319			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
320			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
321
322			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
323			information.
324
325	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
326			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
327			Possible values are:
328			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
329			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
330				    the system
331			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
332					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
333					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
334					  requirements as needed. This option
335					  does not override iommu=pt
336			force_enable    - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
337				          to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
338				          option with care.
339			pgtbl_v1        - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
340			pgtbl_v2        - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
341			irtcachedis     - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
342			nohugepages     - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
343				          to 4 KiB.
344			v2_pgsizes_only - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
345				          to 4KiB/2Mib/1GiB.
346
347
348	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
349			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
350			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
351			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
352			IOMMU initialization.
353
354	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
355			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
356			remapping modes:
357			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
358			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
359			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
360			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
361			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
362
363	amd_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
364			disable
365			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
366			  scaling driver for the supported processors
367			passive
368			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
369			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
370			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
371			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
372			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
373			active
374			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
375			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
376			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
377			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
378			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
379			  frequency.
380			guided
381			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
382			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
383			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
384			  to the current workload.
385
386	amd_prefcore=
387			[X86]
388			disable
389			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
390
391	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
392			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
393			Format: <a>,<b>
394			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
395
396	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
397			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
398			connected to one of 16 gameports
399			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
400
401	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
402			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
403			Format: noidle
404			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
405			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
406			APC and your system crashes randomly.
407
408	apic=		[APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
409			Change the output verbosity while booting
410			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
411			Change the amount of debugging information output
412			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
413			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
414			driver name.
415			Format: apic=driver_name
416			Examples: apic=bigsmp
417
418	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
419			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
420			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
421			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
422			      backup of CPU 0
423			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
424			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
425			      shot down by NMI
426
427	autoconf=	[IPV6]
428			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
429
430	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
431			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
432
433	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
434			Format: { "0" | "1" }
435			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
436			0 -- disable.
437			1 -- enable.
438			Default value is set via kernel config option.
439
440	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
441			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
442
443	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
444			32 bit applications.
445
446	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
447			Identification support
448
449	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
450			Set instructions support
451
452	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
453			support
454
455	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
456			support
457
458	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
459			Extension support
460
461	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
462			Extension support
463
464	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
465
466	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
467
468	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
469			EzKey and similar keyboards
470
471	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
472
473	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
474			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
475
476	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
477			keyboards
478
479	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
480			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
481
482	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
483			Use software keyboard repeat
484
485	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
486			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
487			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
488			    enabled until the next reboot
489			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
490			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
491			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
492			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
493			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
494			    userspace auditd.
495			Default: unset
496
497	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
498			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
499			Default: 64
500
501	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
502			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
503			Format: { "0" | "1" }
504			0 - Disable the BAU.
505			1 - Enable the BAU.
506			unset - Disable the BAU.
507
508	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
509			Format: <io>,<mode>
510
511	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
512			Format: <io>,<mode>
513			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
514
515	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
516			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
517			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
518			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
519
520	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
521			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
522			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
523			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
524
525	bdev_allow_write_mounted=
526			Format: <bool>
527			Control the ability to open a mounted block device
528			for writing, i.e., allow / disallow writes that bypass
529			the FS. This was implemented as a means to prevent
530			fuzzers from crashing the kernel by overwriting the
531			metadata underneath a mounted FS without its awareness.
532			This also prevents destructive formatting of mounted
533			filesystems by naive storage tooling that don't use
534			O_EXCL. Default is Y and can be changed through the
535			Kconfig option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_WRITE_MOUNTED.
536
537	bert_disable	[ACPI]
538			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
539
540	bgrt_disable	[ACPI,X86,EARLY]
541			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
542
543	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
544			embedded devices based on command line input.
545			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
546
547	boot_delay=	[KNL,EARLY]
548			Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
549			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
550			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
551			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
552			erroneous and ignored.
553			Format: integer
554
555	bootconfig	[KNL,EARLY]
556			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
557			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
558
559			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
560
561	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
562	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
563			kernel args too.
564	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
565	bttv.tuner=
566
567	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
568			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
569			at a time.
570
571	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
572
573	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
574			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
575			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
576			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
577			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
578			This option provides an override for these situations.
579
580	carrier_timeout=
581			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
582			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
583			it waits 120 seconds.
584
585	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
586			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
587			trust validation.
588			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
589
590	cca=		[MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
591			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
592			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
593			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
594			others).
595
596	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
597			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
598
599	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
600			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
601			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
602			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
603			  a single hierarchy
604			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
605			  subsystem
606			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
607			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
608			  created
609			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
610			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
611			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
612			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
613			stall information accounting feature
614
615	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
616			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
617			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
618			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
619			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
620			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
621			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
622			all v1 hierarchies.
623
624	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
625			Format: { "true" | "false" }
626			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
627
628	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
629			Format: <string>
630			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
631			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
632			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
633
634	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
635			Format: { "0" | "1" }
636			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
637			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
638				any implied execute protection).
639			1 -- check protection requested by application.
640			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
641			Value can be changed at runtime via
642				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
643			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
644
645	cio_ignore=	[S390]
646			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
647
648	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
649			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
650			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
651			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
652			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
653			ones should be.
654			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
655			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
656			instability issue. However, not all features have names
657			in /proc/cpuinfo.
658			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
659			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
660			or using the feature without checking anything
661			will still see it. This just prevents it from
662			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
663			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
664			some critical bits.
665
666	clk_ignore_unused
667			[CLK]
668			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
669			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
670			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
671			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
672			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
673			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
674			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
675			platform with proper driver support.  For more
676			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
677
678	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
679			[Deprecated]
680			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
681			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
682			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
683			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
684
685	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
686			Format: <string>
687			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
688			with the name specified.
689			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
690			the platform:
691			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
692			[ACPI] acpi_pm
693			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
694				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
695			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
696				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
697			[MIPS] MIPS
698			[PARISC] cr16
699			[S390] tod
700			[SH] SuperH
701			[SPARC64] tick
702			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
703
704	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
705			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
706			Format: <bool>
707			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
708			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
709			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
710			systems.
711
712	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
713			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
714			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
715			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
716			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
717			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
718			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
719			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
720			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
721
722	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
723			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
724			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
725			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
726			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
727
728	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
729			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
730			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
731			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
732			placement constraint by the physical address range of
733			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
734			altogether. For more information, see
735			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
736
737	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
738			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
739			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
740			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
741			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
742			specified, the default value is 0.
743			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
744			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
745			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
746			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
747
748	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
749			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
750			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
751			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
752			area for the specified node.
753
754			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
755			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
756			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
757			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
758
759	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
760			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
761			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
762			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
763			a hypervisor.
764			Default: yes
765
766	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL,EARLY]
767			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
768			allocations, by default set to 256K.
769
770	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
771			Format:
772			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
773
774	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
775			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
776
777	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
778			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
779			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
780
781	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
782	conmode=
783
784	con3215_drop=	[S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
785			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
786			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
787			the console buffer is full. In this case the
788			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
789			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
790			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
791			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
792			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
793			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
794
795	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
796
797		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
798
799		ttyS<n>[,options]
800		ttyUSB0[,options]
801			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
802			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
803			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
804			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
805			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
806
807			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
808			information.  See
809			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
810			alternative.
811
812		<DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options]
813			Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus.
814			The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port
815			device, followed by the serial core controller instance,
816			and the serial port instance. The options are the same
817			as documented for the ttyS addressing above.
818
819			The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances
820			can be viewed with:
821
822			$ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/*
823			/sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0
824
825			In the above example, the console can be addressed with
826			console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this
827			way will only get added when the related device driver
828			is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to
829			the console may be desired for console output early on.
830
831		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
832		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
833		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
834		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
835		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
836			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
837			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
838			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
839			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
840			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
841			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
842			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
843			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
844			the h/w is not re-initialized.
845
846		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
847			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
848
849		{ null | "" }
850			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
851			console messages discarded.
852			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
853			kernel command line.
854
855		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
856		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
857			console=brl,ttyS0
858		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
859
860	console_msg_format=
861			[KNL] Change console messages format
862		default
863			By default we print messages on consoles in
864			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
865			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
866			`printk_time' param).
867		syslog
868			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
869			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
870			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
871			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
872			from /proc/kmsg.
873
874	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
875			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
876			Defaults to 0.
877
878	coredump_filter=
879			[KNL] Change the default value for
880			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
881			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
882
883	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
884			[ARM,ARM64]
885			Format: <bool>
886			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
887			0: default value, disable debugging
888			1: enable debugging at boot time
889
890	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
891			Format:
892			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
893
894	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
895			disable the cpuidle sub-system
896
897	cpuidle.governor=
898			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
899
900	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
901			disable the cpufreq sub-system
902
903	cpufreq.default_governor=
904			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
905			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
906			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
907
908	cpu_init_udelay=N
909			[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
910			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
911			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
912			Default: 10000
913
914	cpuhp.parallel=
915			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
916			Format: <bool>
917			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
918			the parameter has no effect.
919
920	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
921			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
922			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
923			succeeds in any situation.
924			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
925			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
926			kernel more unstable.
927
928	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
929			[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
930			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
931			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
932			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
933			is selected automatically.
934			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
935			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
936			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
937			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
938
939	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
940			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
941			in the running system. The syntax of range is
942			start-[end] where start and end are both
943			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
944			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
945
946	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
947			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
948			above 4G.
949			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
950			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
951			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
952			below 4G, if available.
953			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
954	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
955			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
956			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
957			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
958			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
959			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
960			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
961			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
962			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
963			size is	platform dependent.
964			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
965			  --> arm64: 128MiB
966			  --> riscv: 128MiB
967			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
968			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
969			for second kernel instead.
970			0: to disable low allocation.
971			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
972			or memory reserved is below 4G.
973
974	cryptomgr.notests
975			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
976
977	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
978			Format: <dma>
979
980	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
981			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
982
983	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
984			function call handling. When switched on,
985			additional debug data is printed to the console
986			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
987			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
988			the hang situation.  The default value of this
989			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
990			Kconfig option.
991
992	dasd=		[HW,NET]
993			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
994
995	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
996			(one device per port)
997			Format: <port#>,<type>
998			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
999
1000	debug		[KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
1001
1002	debug_boot_weak_hash
1003			[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
1004			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
1005			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
1006			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
1007			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
1008			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
1009
1010	debug_locks_verbose=
1011			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
1012			Format: <int>
1013			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
1014			self-tests.
1015			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
1016			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
1017			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
1018			useful to lockdep developers.
1019
1020	debug_objects	[KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
1021
1022	debug_guardpage_minorder=
1023			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
1024			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
1025			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
1026			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
1027			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
1028			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
1029			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
1030			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
1031			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
1032			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
1033			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
1034			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
1035			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
1036			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
1037			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
1038			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
1039			help tracking down these problems.
1040
1041	debug_pagealloc=
1042			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1043			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1044			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1045			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1046			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1047			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1048			on: enable the feature
1049
1050	debugfs=    	[KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
1051			userspace and debugfs internal clients.
1052			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1053			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1054			no-mount:
1055				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1056			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1057				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1058			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1059			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1060				or directories within debugfs.
1061				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1062				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1063			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1064
1065	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1066
1067	default_hugepagesz=
1068			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1069			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1070			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1071			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1072			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1073			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1074			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1075			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1076			Format: size[KMG]
1077
1078	deferred_probe_timeout=
1079			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1080			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1081			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1082			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1083			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1084			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1085			successful driver registration. This option will also
1086			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1087			retrying.
1088
1089	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1090
1091	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1092			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1093			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1094			hardware.
1095
1096	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1097			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1098			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1099			blacklisted features.
1100
1101	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1102			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1103			(disabled by default).
1104
1105	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1106			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1107			capability is set.
1108
1109	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1110			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1111
1112	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1113			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1114
1115	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1116			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1117			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1118			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1119			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1120			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1121			          only (compression on level 1)
1122			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1123			          only (decompression)
1124			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1125			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1126
1127	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1128			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1129
1130	disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
1131			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1132			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1133			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1134			miss to occur.
1135
1136	disable=	[IPV6]
1137			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1138
1139	disable_radix	[PPC,EARLY]
1140			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1141
1142	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1143			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1144			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1145
1146	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
1147			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1148			to workaround buggy firmware.
1149
1150	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1151			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1152
1153	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1154			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1155			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1156			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1157
1158	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
1159			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1160			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1161			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1162			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1163
1164	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
1165			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1166			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1167
1168	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1169
1170	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1171			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1172
1173	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1174			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1175			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1176			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1177			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1178			architectural default is too low.
1179
1180	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1181			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1182			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1183			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1184			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1185			driver later using sysfs.
1186
1187	reg_file_data_sampling=
1188			[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
1189			Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
1190			vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
1191			kernel data values previously stored in floating point
1192			registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
1193			RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
1194
1195			on:	Turns ON the mitigation.
1196			off:	Turns OFF the mitigation.
1197
1198			This parameter overrides the compile time default set
1199			by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
1200			disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
1201			are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
1202			VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
1203
1204			For details see:
1205			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
1206
1207	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1208			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1209			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1210			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1211			match the *.
1212			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1213
1214	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1215			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1216			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1217			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1218			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1219			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1220			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1221			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1222			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1223			data set with no connector name will be used for
1224			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1225
1226	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1227
1228	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC,EARLY]
1229			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1230			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1231			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1232			exists).
1233			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1234			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1235			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1236
1237	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1238			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1239			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1240			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1241
1242	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1243	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1244			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1245			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1246			for details.
1247
1248	early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
1249			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1250			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1251			which are not unmapped.
1252
1253	earlycon=	[KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
1254
1255			When used with no options, the early console is
1256			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1257			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1258			the platform.
1259
1260		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1261			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1262			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1263			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1264			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1265			configured.
1266
1267		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1268		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1269		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1270		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1271		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1272			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1273			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1274			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1275			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1276			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1277			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1278			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1279			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1280			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1281			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1282
1283		pl011,<addr>
1284		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1285			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1286			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1287			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1288			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1289			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1290			the device registers.
1291
1292		liteuart,<addr>
1293			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1294			specified address. The serial port must already be
1295			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1296
1297		meson,<addr>
1298			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1299			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1300			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1301			supported.
1302
1303		msm_serial,<addr>
1304			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1305			port at the specified address. The serial port
1306			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1307			yet supported.
1308
1309		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1310			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1311			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1312			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1313			yet supported.
1314
1315		owl,<addr>
1316			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1317			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1318			specified address. The serial port must already be
1319			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1320
1321		rda,<addr>
1322			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1323			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1324			specified address. The serial port must already be
1325			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1326
1327		sbi
1328			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1329			console.
1330
1331		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1332
1333		s3c2410,<addr>
1334		s3c2412,<addr>
1335		s3c2440,<addr>
1336		s3c6400,<addr>
1337		s5pv210,<addr>
1338		exynos4210,<addr>
1339			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1340			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1341			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1342			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1343			Options are not yet supported.
1344
1345		lantiq,<addr>
1346			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1347			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1348			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1349			yet supported.
1350
1351		lpuart,<addr>
1352		lpuart32,<addr>
1353			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1354			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1355			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1356			port must already be setup and configured.
1357
1358		ec_imx21,<addr>
1359		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1360			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1361			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1362			must already be setup and configured.
1363
1364		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1365			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1366			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1367			address. The serial port must already be setup
1368			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1369
1370		qcom_geni,<addr>
1371			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1372			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1373			specified address. The serial port must already be
1374			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1375
1376		efifb,[options]
1377			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1378			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1379			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1380			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1381			mapped with the correct attributes.
1382
1383		linflex,<addr>
1384			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1385			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1386			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1387			already be setup and configured.
1388
1389	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
1390			earlyprintk=vga
1391			earlyprintk=sclp
1392			earlyprintk=xen
1393			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1394			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1395			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1396			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1397			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1398			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1399			earlyprintk=bios
1400
1401			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1402			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1403			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1404
1405			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1406			takes over.
1407
1408			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1409			be used at a time.
1410
1411			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1412			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1413			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1414			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1415				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1416			You can find the port for a given device in
1417			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1418				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1419
1420			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1421			very good.
1422
1423			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1424			the real console.
1425
1426			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1427
1428			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1429
1430			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1431
1432			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1433			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1434			UART class.
1435
1436	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1437			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1438			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1439			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1440			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1441			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1442			default: on.
1443
1444	edd=		[EDD]
1445			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1446
1447	efi=		[EFI,EARLY]
1448			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1449				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1450				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1451			debug: enable misc debug output.
1452			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1453			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1454			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1455			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1456			firmware implementations.
1457			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1458			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1459			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1460			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1461			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1462			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1463			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1464			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1465			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1466			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1467
1468	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1469			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1470			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1471			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1472			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1473
1474	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1475			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1476			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1477			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1478			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1479
1480
1481	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1482			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1483
1484	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
1485			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1486
1487			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1488			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1489
1490			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1491			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1492			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1493			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1494
1495	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1496			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1497			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1498
1499	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
1500			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1501			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1502			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1503			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1504
1505	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1506			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1507			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1508			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1509
1510	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1511			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1512			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1513			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1514			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1515
1516	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1517			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1518			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1519			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1520			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1521			Default value is 0.
1522			Value can be changed at runtime via
1523			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1524
1525	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1526			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1527			support.
1528
1529	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1530			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1531			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1532
1533	evm=		[EVM]
1534			Format: { "fix" }
1535			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1536			current integrity status.
1537
1538	early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1539			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1540			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1541			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1542			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1543			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1544			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1545
1546	failslab=
1547	fail_usercopy=
1548	fail_page_alloc=
1549	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1550			General fault injection mechanism.
1551			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1552			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1553
1554	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1555			Format: { initns | none }
1556			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1557			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1558
1559	floppy=		[HW]
1560			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1561
1562	forcepae	[X86-32]
1563			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1564			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1565			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1566			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1567			and may cause unknown problems.
1568
1569	fred=		[X86-64]
1570			Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
1571			Format: { on | off }
1572			on: enable FRED when it's present.
1573			off: disable FRED, the default setting.
1574
1575	ftrace=[tracer]
1576			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1577			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1578			boot debugging.
1579
1580	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1581			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1582			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1583			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1584			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1585			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1586			start up functionality.
1587
1588			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1589			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1590			line parameter.
1591
1592			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1593
1594			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1595			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1596
1597	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
1598			  ,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
1599			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1600			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
1601			buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
1602			will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
1603			the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
1604			its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
1605			supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
1606			instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
1607			oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
1608
1609			ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
1610
1611			The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
1612			on CPU that triggered the oops.
1613
1614			ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
1615
1616			The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
1617			buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
1618			of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
1619
1620	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1621			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1622			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1623			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1624			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1625			tracing directory.
1626
1627	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1628			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1629			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1630			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1631			tracing directory.
1632
1633	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1634			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1635			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1636			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1637			that can be changed at run time by the
1638			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1639
1640	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1641			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1642			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1643			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1644			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1645
1646	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1647			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1648			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1649			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1650			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1651
1652	fw_devlink=	[KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1653			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1654			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1655			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1656			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1657			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1658			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1659			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1660			suppliers).
1661			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1662			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1663			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1664				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1665				up (sync_state() calls).
1666			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1667				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1668			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1669
1670	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1671			[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1672			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1673			Format: <bool>
1674
1675	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1676			[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
1677			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1678			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1679			calls.
1680			Format: { strict | timeout }
1681			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1682				probe successfully.
1683			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1684				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1685				received their sync_state() calls after
1686				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1687				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1688
1689	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1690			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1691			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1692			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1693			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1694
1695	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1696
1697	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1698			Format: off | on
1699			default: on
1700
1701	gather_data_sampling=
1702			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1703			mitigation.
1704
1705			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1706			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1707			previously stored in vector registers.
1708
1709			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1710			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1711			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1712			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1713
1714			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1715				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1716				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1717				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1718
1719			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1720
1721	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1722			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1723			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1724			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1725			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1726
1727	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1728			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1729			android emulator
1730
1731	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1732			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1733			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1734	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1735			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1736
1737	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1738			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1739			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1740			GPT to be used instead.
1741
1742	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1743			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1744			Format: 0 | 1
1745			Default: 0
1746	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1747			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1748			Format: 0 | 1
1749			Default: 0
1750	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1751			Format: 0 | 1
1752			Default: 0
1753	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1754			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1755			Default: 1024
1756	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1757			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1758			Default: 1024
1759
1760	hardened_usercopy=
1761			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1762			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1763			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1764			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1765			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1766			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1767			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1768		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1769		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1770
1771	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1772			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1773			backtraces on all cpus.
1774			Format: 0 | 1
1775
1776	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1777			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1778			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1779			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1780
1781	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1782			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1783
1784	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1785			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1786			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1787			logic will be disabled.
1788
1789	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1790		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1791				present during boot.
1792		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1793		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1794		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1795				(that will set all pages holding image data
1796				during restoration read-only).
1797
1798	hibernate.compressor= 	[HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
1799				used with hibernation.
1800				Format: { lzo | lz4 }
1801				Default: lzo
1802
1803				lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
1804				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1805
1806				lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
1807				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1808
1809	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1810			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1811			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1812			size on bigger boxes.
1813
1814	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1815			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1816			Default: "on"
1817
1818	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1819
1820	hostname=	[KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1821			Format: <string>
1822			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1823			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1824			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1825			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1826			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1827			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1828			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1829			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1830			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1831			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1832
1833	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1834			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1835				verbose }
1836			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1837			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1838				VIA, nVidia)
1839			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1840
1841	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1842			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1843
1844	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1845			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1846			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1847			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1848			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1849			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1850			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1851			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1852			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1853				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1854
1855	hugepagesz=
1856			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1857			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1858			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1859			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1860			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1861			architecture dependent.  See also
1862			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1863			Format: size[KMG]
1864
1865	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1866			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1867			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1868			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1869				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1870
1871			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1872			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1873			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1874
1875	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1876			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1877			enabled.
1878			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1879			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1880			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1881			Format: { on | off (default) }
1882
1883			on: enable HVO
1884			off: disable HVO
1885
1886			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1887			the default is on.
1888
1889			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1890			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1891			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1892			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1893			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1894
1895	hung_task_panic=
1896			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1897			Format: 0 | 1
1898
1899			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1900			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1901			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1902			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1903			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1904
1905	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1906				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1907	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1908				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1909				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1910
1911	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
1912			Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1913			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
1914			on lock contention.
1915
1916	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1917				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1918				registered from board initialization code.
1919				Format:
1920				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1921
1922	i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
1923			Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
1924			touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
1925			mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
1926			submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
1927			adding a DMI quirk for this.
1928
1929			Format:
1930			<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
1931			Where <val> is one of:
1932			Omit "=<val>" entirely	Set a boolean device-property
1933			Unsigned number		Set a u32 device-property
1934			Anything else		Set a string device-property
1935
1936			Examples (split over multiple lines):
1937			i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
1938			touchscreen-inverted-y
1939
1940			i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
1941			touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
1942			firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
1943
1944	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1945	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1946			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1947			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1948			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1949	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1950	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1951			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1952			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1953	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1954	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1955	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1956			     for the AUX port
1957	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1958			     controller
1959	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1960			     controllers
1961	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1962	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1963			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1964			     transitions, or never reset
1965			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1966			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1967			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1968			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1969			architectures force reset to be always executed
1970	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1971	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1972	i8042.probe_defer
1973			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1974
1975	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1976
1977	i915.invert_brightness=
1978			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1979			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1980			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1981			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1982			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1983			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1984			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1985			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1986			value switches the backlight off.
1987			-1 -- never invert brightness
1988			 0 -- machine default
1989			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1990
1991	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
1992			Format: <bool>
1993			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
1994			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
1995			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
1996
1997	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1998			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1999
2000
2001	idle=		[X86,EARLY]
2002			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
2003			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
2004			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
2005			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
2006			Not recommended.
2007			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
2008			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
2009			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
2010
2011	idxd.sva=	[HW]
2012			Format: <bool>
2013			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
2014			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
2015			true (1).
2016
2017	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
2018			Format: <bool>
2019			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
2020			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
2021
2022	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
2023			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed | emulated }
2024			Default: strict
2025
2026			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
2027			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
2028			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
2029			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
2030			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
2031			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
2032			encoding mode.
2033
2034			Available settings are as follows:
2035			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
2036				supported by the FPU
2037			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
2038				by the FPU
2039			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
2040				by the FPU
2041			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
2042				supported by the FPU
2043			emulated accept any binaries but enable FPU emulator
2044				if binary mode is unsupported by the FPU.
2045
2046			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
2047			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
2048			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
2049			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
2050			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
2051			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
2052			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
2053			MIPS64 CPUs.
2054
2055			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
2056			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
2057			except where unsupported by hardware.
2058
2059	ignore_loglevel	[KNL,EARLY]
2060			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
2061			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
2062			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
2063			could change it dynamically, usually by
2064			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
2065
2066	ignore_rlimit_data
2067			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
2068			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
2069			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
2070
2071	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
2072			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
2073
2074	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
2075			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
2076			default: "enforce"
2077
2078	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2079			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
2080			owned by uid=0.
2081
2082	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
2083			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
2084			measurements, instead of host native format.
2085
2086	ima_hash=	[IMA]
2087			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
2088				   | sha512 | ... }
2089			default: "sha1"
2090
2091			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2092			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2093
2094	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2095			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2096			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2097				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2098
2099			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2100			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2101			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2102			uid=0.
2103
2104			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2105			all files owned by root.
2106
2107			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2108			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2109			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2110
2111			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2112			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2113			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2114			flag.
2115
2116			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2117			critical data.
2118
2119	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2120			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2121			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2122			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2123			opened for read by uid=0.
2124
2125	ima_template=	[IMA]
2126			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2127			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2128				   "ima-sigv2" }
2129			Default: "ima-ng"
2130
2131	ima_template_fmt=
2132			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2133			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2134
2135	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2136			Format: <min_file_size>
2137			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2138			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2139
2140			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2141			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2142			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2143
2144	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2145			Format: <bufsize>
2146			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2147
2148			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2149			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2150			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2151
2152	init=		[KNL]
2153			Format: <full_path>
2154			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2155			process.
2156
2157	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2158			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2159			startup.
2160
2161	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2162			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2163			modules and initcalls.
2164
2165	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2166			Format: <bool>
2167			Default: 1
2168			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2169			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2170			with devices being probed and
2171			initialized. This should normally just work,
2172			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2173			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2174			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2175			late_ initcalls.
2176
2177	initrd=		[BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2178
2179	initrdmem=	[KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2180			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2181			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2182			setting.
2183			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2184			Default is 0, 0
2185
2186	init_on_alloc=	[MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2187			zeroes.
2188			Format: 0 | 1
2189			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2190
2191	init_on_free=	[MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2192			Format: 0 | 1
2193			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2194
2195	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2196			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2197			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2198			override in debugfs after boot.
2199
2200	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2201			Format: <irq>
2202
2203	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2204
2205	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2206			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2207			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2208			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2209
2210	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2211		on
2212			Enable intel iommu driver.
2213		off
2214			Disable intel iommu driver.
2215		igfx_off [Default Off]
2216			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2217			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2218			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2219			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2220			DMA.
2221		strict [Default Off]
2222			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2223		sp_off [Default Off]
2224			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2225			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2226			not be supported.
2227		sm_on
2228			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2229			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2230			translation.
2231		sm_off
2232			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2233		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2234			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2235			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2236			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2237			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2238			mapping is enabled.
2239			Note that using this option lowers the security
2240			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2241			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2242
2243	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2244			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2245			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2246
2247	intel_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
2248			disable
2249			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2250			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2251                        active
2252                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2253                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2254                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2255                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2256                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2257                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2258                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2259                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2260                          and possibly on the processor model.
2261			passive
2262			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2263			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2264			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2265			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2266			  feature.
2267			force
2268			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2269			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2270			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2271			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2272			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2273			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2274			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2275			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2276			no_hwp
2277			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2278			  if available.
2279			hwp_only
2280			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2281			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2282			support_acpi_ppc
2283			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2284			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2285			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2286			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2287			per_cpu_perf_limits
2288			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2289			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2290
2291	intremap=	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
2292			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2293			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2294			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2295			no_x2apic_optout
2296				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2297			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2298			posted_msi
2299				enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
2300
2301	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2302		strict	regions from userspace.
2303		relaxed
2304
2305	iommu=		[X86,EARLY]
2306		off
2307		force
2308		noforce
2309		biomerge
2310		panic
2311		nopanic
2312		merge
2313		nomerge
2314		soft
2315		pt		[X86]
2316		nopt		[X86]
2317		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2318			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2319
2320	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2321			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2322			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2323			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2324			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2325			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2326			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2327
2328	iommu.strict=	[ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2329			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2330			0 - Lazy mode.
2331			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2332			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2333			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2334			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2335			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2336			1 - Strict mode.
2337			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2338			  synchronously.
2339			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2340			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2341			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2342
2343	iommu.passthrough=
2344			[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2345			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2346			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2347			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2348			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2349
2350	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2351			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2352			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2353
2354	io_delay=	[X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
2355		0x80
2356			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2357		0xed
2358			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2359		udelay
2360			Simple two microseconds delay
2361		none
2362			No delay
2363
2364	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2365			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2366
2367	ipcmni_extend	[KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2368			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2369
2370	ipe.enforce=	[IPE]
2371			Format: <bool>
2372			Determine whether IPE starts in permissive (0) or
2373			enforce (1) mode. The default is enforce.
2374
2375	ipe.success_audit=
2376			[IPE]
2377			Format: <bool>
2378			Start IPE with success auditing enabled, emitting
2379			an audit event when a binary is allowed. The default
2380			is 0.
2381
2382	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2383			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2384
2385	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2386			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2387			Format: <bool>
2388			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2389			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2390			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2391
2392	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2393			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2394			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2395			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2396			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2397			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2398			LPIs.
2399
2400	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
2401			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2402			requires the kernel to be built with
2403			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2404
2405	irqfixup	[HW]
2406			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2407			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2408			firmware running.
2409
2410	irqpoll		[HW]
2411			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2412			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2413			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2414			firmware running.
2415
2416	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2417			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2418
2419	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2420			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2421			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2422
2423			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2424			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2425
2426			nohz
2427			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2428
2429			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2430			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2431			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2432			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2433			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2434
2435			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2436			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2437			  be configured manually after bootup.
2438
2439			domain
2440			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2441			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2442			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2443			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2444			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2445			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2446			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2447			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2448
2449			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2450			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2451			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2452			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2453
2454			managed_irq
2455
2456			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2457			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2458			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2459			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2460			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2461
2462			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2463			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2464			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2465			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2466			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2467			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2468			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2469
2470			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2471			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2472			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2473			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2474			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2475			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2476			  queues.
2477
2478			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2479
2480	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2481
2482	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2483			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2484			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2485			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2486
2487			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2488			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2489			write the parameter as:
2490				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2491
2492			Deprecated formats:
2493			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2494			  write the parameter as:
2495				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2496			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2497			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2498				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2499
2500	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2501			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2502			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2503			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2504
2505			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2506			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2507			write the parameter as:
2508				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2509
2510			Deprecated formats:
2511			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2512			  write the parameter as:
2513				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2514			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2515			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2516				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2517
2518	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2519			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2520			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2521			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2522
2523			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2524			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2525			write the parameter as:
2526				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2527
2528			Deprecated formats:
2529			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2530			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2531				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2532			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2533			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2534				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2535
2536	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2537			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2538
2539	kasan_multi_shot
2540			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2541			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2542			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2543			invalid access.
2544
2545	keep_bootcon	[KNL,EARLY]
2546			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2547			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2548			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2549			the real console.
2550
2551	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2552
2553	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
2554			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2555			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2556			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2557			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2558			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2559			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2560			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2561			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2562			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2563
2564			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2565			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2566			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2567			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2568			zone if it does not.
2569
2570			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2571			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2572			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2573			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2574			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2575			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2576			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2577
2578	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2579			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2580			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2581			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2582			optional and is the number seconds in between
2583			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2584			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2585			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2586			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2587			the kernel debugger.
2588
2589	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2590			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2591			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2592			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2593			 keyboard only format: kbd
2594			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2595			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2596			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2597			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2598
2599	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY]
2600			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2601			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2602			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2603			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2604			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2605			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2606
2607			The name of the early console should be specified
2608			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2609			the early console might be different than the tty
2610			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2611			blank and the first boot console that implements
2612			read() will be picked.
2613
2614	kgdbwait	[KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2615			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2616
2617	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2618			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2619			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2620
2621	kmemleak=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2622			Valid arguments: on, off
2623			Default: on
2624			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2625			the default is off.
2626
2627	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2628			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2629			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2630			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2631			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2632			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2633			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2634
2635			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2636
2637			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2638			Boot Parameter" section.
2639
2640	kpti=		[ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
2641			user and kernel address spaces.
2642			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2643			0: force disabled
2644			1: force enabled
2645
2646	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2647			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2648			default value can be overridden via
2649			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2650			Default is 1 (enabled)
2651
2652	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2653			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2654
2655	kvm.eager_page_split=
2656			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2657			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2658			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2659			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2660			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2661			required to split huge pages lazily.
2662
2663			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2664			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2665			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2666			still be used for reads.
2667
2668			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2669			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2670			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2671			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2672			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2673			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2674			cleared.
2675
2676			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2677
2678			Default is Y (on).
2679
2680	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2681				   Default is false (don't support).
2682
2683	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2684			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2685			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2686			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2687			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2688			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2689				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2690
2691			Default is 'auto'.
2692
2693			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2694			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2695
2696	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2697			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2698			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2699			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2700			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2701
2702	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2703			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2704			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2705			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2706			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2707			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2708
2709	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2710			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2711
2712	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2713			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2714			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2715			for NPT.
2716
2717	kvm-arm.mode=
2718			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
2719			operation.
2720
2721			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2722
2723			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2724			      protected guests.
2725
2726			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2727				   state is kept private from the host.
2728
2729			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2730				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2731				hardware.
2732
2733			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2734			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2735			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2736			used with extreme caution.
2737
2738	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2739			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2740			system registers
2741
2742	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2743			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2744			system registers
2745
2746	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2747			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2748			system registers
2749
2750	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2751			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
2752			injection of LPIs.
2753
2754	kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
2755			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
2756			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2757			CPU architecture.
2758
2759			trap: set WFE instruction trap
2760
2761			notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
2762
2763	kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
2764			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
2765			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2766			CPU architecture.
2767
2768			trap: set WFI instruction trap
2769
2770			notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
2771
2772	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
2773			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2774			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2775			allocation.
2776			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2777			Format: <integer>
2778			Default: 5
2779
2780	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2781			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2782			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2783			for EPT.
2784
2785	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2786			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2787			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2788			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2789			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2790			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2791			Default is 1 (enabled).
2792
2793	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2794			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2795			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2796			hardware lacks support for it.
2797
2798	kvm-intel.nested=
2799			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2800			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2801
2802	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2803			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2804			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2805			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2806			hardware lacks support for it.
2807
2808	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2809			CVE-2018-3620.
2810
2811			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2812
2813			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2814			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2815				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2816			never:	Disables the mitigation
2817
2818			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2819
2820	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
2821			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
2822			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2823			for it.
2824
2825	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
2826			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2827
2828			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2829			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2830			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2831
2832			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2833			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2834			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2835			not have direct access.
2836
2837			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2838			options are:
2839
2840			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2841
2842	l1tf=           [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2843			      affected CPUs
2844
2845			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2846			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2847
2848			full
2849				Provides all available mitigations for the
2850				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2851				enables all mitigations in the
2852				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2853
2854				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2855				sysfs interface is still possible after
2856				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2857				when the first VM is started in a
2858				potentially insecure configuration,
2859				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2860
2861			full,force
2862				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2863				flush runtime control. Implies the
2864				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2865				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2866
2867			flush
2868				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2869				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2870				L1D flush.
2871
2872				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2873				sysfs interface is still possible after
2874				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2875				when the first VM is started in a
2876				potentially insecure configuration,
2877				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2878
2879			flush,nosmt
2880
2881				Disables SMT and enables the default
2882				hypervisor mitigation.
2883
2884				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2885				sysfs interface is still possible after
2886				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2887				when the first VM is started in a
2888				potentially insecure configuration,
2889				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2890
2891			flush,nowarn
2892				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2893				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2894				insecure configuration.
2895
2896			off
2897				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2898				emit any warnings.
2899				It also drops the swap size and available
2900				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2901				bare metal.
2902
2903			Default is 'flush'.
2904
2905			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2906
2907	l2cr=		[PPC]
2908
2909	l3cr=		[PPC]
2910
2911	lapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2912			disabled it.
2913
2914	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2915			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2916			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2917			Format: notscdeadline
2918
2919	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
2920			in C2 power state.
2921
2922	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2923			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2924			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2925			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2926			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2927			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2928			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2929
2930	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2931			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2932			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2933
2934	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2935			when set.
2936			Format: <int>
2937
2938	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2939			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2940			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2941			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2942			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2943			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2944			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2945			to all ports, links and devices.
2946
2947			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2948			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2949			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2950			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2951			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2952			host link and device attached to it.
2953
2954			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2955			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2956			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2957			The following configurations can be forced.
2958
2959			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2960			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2961
2962			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2963
2964			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2965			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2966			  allowed.
2967
2968			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2969			  resets.
2970
2971			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2972			  link recovery.
2973
2974			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2975			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2976			  detection.
2977
2978			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2979
2980			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2981
2982			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2983
2984			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2985
2986			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2987
2988			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2989
2990			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2991
2992			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2993
2994			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2995			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2996
2997			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2998			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2999
3000			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
3001			  identify device data log.
3002
3003			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
3004			  purpose log directory.
3005
3006			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
3007
3008			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3009			  1024 sectors.
3010
3011			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3012			  65535 sectors.
3013
3014			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
3015
3016			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
3017			  should be skipped.
3018
3019			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
3020			  support for devices supporting this feature.
3021
3022			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
3023
3024			* disable: Disable this device.
3025
3026			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
3027			the same attribute, the last one is used.
3028
3029	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
3030
3031	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
3032			Format: <integer>
3033
3034	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
3035			Format: <integer>
3036
3037	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
3038			Format: <integer>
3039
3040	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
3041			Format: <integer>
3042
3043	lockdown=	[SECURITY,EARLY]
3044			{ integrity | confidentiality }
3045			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
3046			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
3047			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
3048			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
3049			to extract confidential information from the kernel
3050			are also disabled.
3051
3052	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
3053			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
3054			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
3055			will result in a splat once they do complete.
3056
3057	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
3058			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
3059			to be bound.
3060
3061	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
3062			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
3063			to be bound.
3064
3065	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
3066			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
3067			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
3068			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
3069			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
3070			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
3071
3072	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
3073			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
3074			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
3075			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
3076
3077	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
3078			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
3079			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
3080			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
3081			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
3082			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
3083
3084	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
3085			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
3086			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
3087			number of online CPUs.
3088
3089	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
3090			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
3091
3092	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3093			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3094
3095	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3096			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3097			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3098
3099	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
3100			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
3101			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
3102			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
3103			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
3104			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
3105			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
3106			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
3107			disable boosting.
3108
3109	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
3110			Number that determines how often and for how
3111			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
3112			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
3113			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
3114			constant as the number of writers increases.
3115			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
3116			increases with the number of writers.
3117
3118	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3119			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
3120			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
3121			mode during the locktorture test.
3122
3123	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3124			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3125			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3126
3127	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3128			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3129
3130	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3131			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3132			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3133			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3134			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3135			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3136
3137	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3138			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3139
3140	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3141			Enable additional printk() statements.
3142
3143	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3144			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3145			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3146
3147	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3148			Format: <irq>
3149
3150	loglevel=	[KNL,EARLY]
3151			All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3152			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3153			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3154			loglevels are defined as follows:
3155
3156			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3157			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3158			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3159			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3160			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3161			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3162			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3163			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3164
3165	log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
3166			Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
3167			n must be a power of two and greater than the
3168			minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
3169			LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
3170			is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
3171			parameter that allows to increase the default size
3172			depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
3173			for more details.
3174
3175	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3176			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3177			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3178			kernel boot problems.
3179
3180	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3181	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3182	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3183	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3184				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3185				attached printers to be reset. Using
3186				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3187				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3188				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3189				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3190				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3191				port specification list means that device IDs
3192				from each port should be examined, to see if
3193				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3194				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3195				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3196
3197	lpj=n		[KNL]
3198			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3199			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3200			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3201			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3202			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3203			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3204			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3205			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3206			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3207			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3208			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3209			hardware.
3210
3211	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3212
3213	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3214			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3215			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3216
3217	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3218			different yeeloong laptops.
3219			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3220
3221	maxcpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3222			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3223			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3224			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3225			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3226			only takes effect during system bootup.
3227			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3228			which also disables the IO APIC.
3229
3230	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3231	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3232			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3233			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3234			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3235			/dev/loop-control interface.
3236
3237	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
3238
3239	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
3240
3241	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3242			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3243
3244	mdacon=		[MDA]
3245			Format: <first>,<last>
3246			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3247
3248	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3249			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3250			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3251
3252			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3253			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3254			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3255
3256			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3257			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3258			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3259			not have direct access.
3260
3261			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3262			options are:
3263
3264			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3265			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3266				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3267			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3268
3269			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3270			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3271			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3272			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3273			too.
3274
3275			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3276			mds=full.
3277
3278			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3279
3280	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
3281			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3282
3283	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
3284			of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
3285			as follows:
3286
3287			1 for test;
3288			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3289			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3290			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3291			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3292
3293			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3294			high memory is not affected.
3295
3296			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3297			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3298
3299			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3300			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3301			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3302			belonging to unused RAM.
3303
3304			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3305			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3306			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3307
3308	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3309			[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
3310			reported by firmware.
3311			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3312			ss[KMG].
3313			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3314			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3315
3316	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3317			memory.
3318
3319	memblock=debug	[KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
3320
3321	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3322			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3323			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3324
3325	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3326			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3327			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3328			set according to the
3329			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3330			option.
3331			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3332
3333	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
3334			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3335			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3336			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3337			option description.
3338
3339	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3340			[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3341			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3342			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3343			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3344			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3345			comma delimited.
3346			Example:
3347				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3348
3349	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3350			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3351			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3352
3353	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3354			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3355			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3356			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3357			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3358			         or
3359			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3360			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3361			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3362			will be eaten.
3363
3364	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
3365			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3366			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3367			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3368			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3369
3370	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3371			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
3372			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3373			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3374			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3375			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3376			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3377			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3378
3379	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
3380			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3381			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3382			Setting this option will scan the memory
3383			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3384			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3385			from using the memory being corrupted.
3386			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3387			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3388			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3389			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3390
3391	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
3392			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3393			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3394			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3395			corruption in more or less memory.
3396
3397	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
3398			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3399			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3400			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3401
3402	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3403			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3404			Format: {on | off (default)}
3405			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3406			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3407			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3408			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3409			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3410			lot of memory without requiring additional
3411			memory to do so.
3412			This feature is disabled by default because it
3413			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3414			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3415			memory blocks).
3416			The state of the flag can be read in
3417			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3418			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3419			the feature is not effective.
3420
3421	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
3422			Format: <integer>
3423			default : 0 <disable>
3424			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3425			performed. Each pass selects another test
3426			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3427			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3428			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3429			regions that are detected.
3430
3431	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3432			Valid arguments: on, off
3433			Default: off
3434			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3435			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3436
3437			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3438			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3439
3440	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3441			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3442			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3443			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3444			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3445
3446	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3447			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3448			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3449			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3450
3451	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3452
3453	microcode.force_minrev=	[X86]
3454			Format: <bool>
3455			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3456			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3457
3458	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3459			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3460			Default: "0tb"
3461			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3462			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3463			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3464			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3465			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3466			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3467			unconfigured.
3468			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3469			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3470			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3471			VGA shield.
3472			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3473			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3474			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3475			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3476			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3477			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3478
3479	mitigations=
3480			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
3481			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3482			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3483			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3484
3485			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
3486			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
3487
3488			off
3489				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3490				improves system performance, but it may also
3491				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3492				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3493					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3494					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3495					       l1tf=off [X86]
3496					       mds=off [X86]
3497					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3498					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3499					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3500					       nobp=0 [S390]
3501					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3502					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3503					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3504					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3505					       reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
3506					       retbleed=off [X86]
3507					       spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
3508					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3509					       spectre_bhi=off [X86]
3510					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3511					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3512					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3513					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3514
3515				Exceptions:
3516					       This does not have any effect on
3517					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3518					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3519
3520			auto (default)
3521				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3522				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3523				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3524				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3525				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3526				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3527
3528			auto,nosmt
3529				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3530				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3531				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3532				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3533					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3534					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3535					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3536					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3537
3538	mminit_loglevel=
3539			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3540			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3541			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3542			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3543			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3544			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3545
3546	mmio_stale_data=
3547			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
3548			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3549
3550			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3551			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3552			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3553			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3554			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3555			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3556
3557			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3558			options are:
3559
3560			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3561
3562			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3563				     vulnerable CPUs.
3564
3565			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3566
3567			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3568			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3569			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3570			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3571			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3572			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3573
3574			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3575			mmio_stale_data=full.
3576
3577			For details see:
3578			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3579
3580	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3581			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3582			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3583			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3584			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3585			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3586
3587	module.async_probe=<bool>
3588			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3589			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3590			specific module, use the module specific control that
3591			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3592			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3593			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3594			the specific module.
3595
3596	module.enable_dups_trace
3597			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3598			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3599			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3600			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3601			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3602	module.sig_enforce
3603			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3604			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3605			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3606			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3607
3608	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3609			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3610
3611	mousedev.tap_time=
3612			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3613			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3614			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3615			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3616			Format: <msecs>
3617	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3618			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3619	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3620			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3621
3622	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
3623			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3624			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3625			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3626			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3627			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3628			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3629			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3630			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3631			is not too small.
3632
3633	movable_node	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3634			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3635			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3636			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3637			allocations. Use with caution!
3638
3639	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3640			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3641
3642	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3643			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3644
3645	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3646			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3647
3648	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3649			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3650			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3651
3652	mtrr=debug	[X86,EARLY]
3653			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3654			registers at boot time.
3655
3656	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3657			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3658			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3659
3660	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3661			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3662			Default is 1.
3663			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3664			using up MTRRs.
3665
3666	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
3667			Format: <integer>
3668			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3669			Default : 1
3670			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3671			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3672
3673	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3674			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3675			at a time.
3676
3677	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3678
3679	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3680			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3681			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3682			something different and driver-specific.
3683			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3684			file if at all.
3685
3686	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3687			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3688			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3689			waits 4 seconds.
3690
3691	nf_conntrack.acct=
3692			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3693			0 to disable accounting
3694			1 to enable accounting
3695			Default value is 0.
3696
3697	nfs.cache_getent=
3698			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3699			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3700
3701	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3702			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3703			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3704
3705	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3706			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3707			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3708			requests.
3709
3710	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3711			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3712			channel should listen.
3713
3714	nfs.delay_retrans=
3715			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
3716			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
3717			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
3718			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
3719			and the specified value is >= 0.
3720
3721	nfs.enable_ino64=
3722			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3723			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3724			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3725			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3726			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3727
3728	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3729			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3730			entries.
3731
3732	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3733			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3734			slots the client will assign to the callback
3735			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3736			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3737			a particular server.
3738
3739	nfs.max_session_slots=
3740			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3741			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3742			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3743			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3744			Note that there is little point in setting this
3745			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3746
3747	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3748			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3749			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3750			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3751			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3752			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3753			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3754			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3755			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3756			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3757			back to using the idmapper.
3758			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3759
3760	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3761			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3762			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3763			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3764			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3765
3766	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
3767			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3768			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3769			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3770			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3771			after the locks are lost.
3772			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3773			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3774			parameter to '1'.
3775			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3776			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3777
3778	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3779			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3780			information in exchange_id requests.
3781			If zero, no implementation identification information
3782			will be sent.
3783			The default is to send the implementation identification
3784			information.
3785
3786	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3787			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3788			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3789
3790			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3791			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3792			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3793			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3794
3795	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3796			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3797			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3798			the destination of the copy.
3799
3800	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3801			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3802			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3803			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3804			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3805			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3806
3807	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3808			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3809			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3810			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3811			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3812			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3813			this parameter.
3814
3815	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3816			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3817
3818	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3819			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3820
3821	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3822			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3823
3824	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3825			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3826			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3827
3828	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3829			when a NMI is triggered.
3830			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3831
3832	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3833			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
3834			Valid num: 0 or 1
3835			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3836			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3837			rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
3838
3839			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3840			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3841			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3842			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3843			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3844			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3845			need the box quickly up again.
3846
3847			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3848			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3849
3850	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3851			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3852			is present.
3853
3854	no4lvl		[RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
3855			Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
3856
3857	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3858			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3859
3860	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3861
3862	noapic		[SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3863			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3864
3865	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3866
3867	nocache		[ARM,EARLY]
3868
3869	no_console_suspend
3870			[HW] Never suspend the console
3871			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3872			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3873			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3874			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3875			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3876			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3877			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3878			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3879			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3880			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3881			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3882			turn on/off it dynamically.
3883
3884	no_debug_objects
3885			[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
3886
3887	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3888
3889	noefi		[EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
3890
3891	no_entry_flush  [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3892
3893	noexec32	[X86-64]
3894			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3895			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3896				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3897			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3898				read implies executable mappings
3899
3900	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3901			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3902			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3903
3904	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3905
3906	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3907
3908	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3909			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3910			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3911
3912	no_hash_pointers
3913			[KNL,EARLY]
3914			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3915			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3916			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3917			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3918			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3919			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3920			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3921			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3922			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3923			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3924			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3925			kernels.
3926
3927	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3928
3929	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,RISCV,SH] Forces the kernel to
3930			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3931			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3932			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3933			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3934			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3935			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3936			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3937
3938	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3939
3940	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3941
3942	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3943			Valid arguments: on, off
3944			Default: on
3945
3946	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3947			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3948			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3949			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3950			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3951			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3952			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3953			just as if they had also been called out in the
3954			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3955
3956			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3957			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3958
3959	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3960			initial RAM disk.
3961
3962	nointremap	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
3963			remapping.
3964			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3965
3966	noinvpcid	[X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3967
3968	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3969
3970	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3971			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3972
3973	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3974
3975	nokaslr		[KNL,EARLY]
3976			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3977			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3978			Layout Randomization).
3979
3980	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3981			fault handling.
3982
3983	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3984
3985	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3986
3987	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3988
3989	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3990
3991	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3992			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3993
3994	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3995			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3996			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3997			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3998			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3999			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
4000			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
4001
4002			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
4003
4004	nomodule	Disable module load
4005
4006	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
4007			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
4008			irq.
4009
4010	nopat		[X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
4011			pagetables) support.
4012
4013	nopcid		[X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
4014
4015	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
4016			in some Intel CPUs.
4017
4018	nopti		[X86-64,EARLY]
4019			Equivalent to pti=off
4020
4021	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
4022			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
4023			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
4024			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
4025
4026	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
4027			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
4028			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
4029			contention.
4030
4031	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
4032			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
4033
4034	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
4035			with UP alternatives
4036
4037	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
4038			space.
4039
4040	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
4041			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
4042			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
4043
4044	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
4045
4046	nosmap		[PPC,EARLY]
4047			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
4048			even if it is supported by processor.
4049
4050	nosmep		[PPC64s,EARLY]
4051			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
4052			even if it is supported by processor.
4053
4054	nosmp		[SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
4055			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
4056
4057	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4058			Equivalent to smt=1.
4059
4060			[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4061			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
4062				     via the sysfs control file.
4063
4064	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
4065
4066	nospec_store_bypass_disable
4067			[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
4068			Store Bypass vulnerability
4069
4070	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
4071			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
4072			with this option.
4073
4074	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
4075			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
4076			possible in the system.
4077
4078	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
4079			for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
4080			prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
4081			leaks with this option.
4082
4083	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
4084			Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
4085			is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
4086
4087	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4088
4089	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
4090			broken timer IRQ sources.
4091
4092	no_uaccess_flush
4093	                [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4094
4095	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4096			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4097			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4098			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4099			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4100			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4101			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4102			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4103			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4104			is set.
4105
4106	no-vmw-sched-clock
4107			[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
4108			scheduler clock and use the default one.
4109
4110	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4111			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4112
4113	nowb		[ARM,EARLY]
4114
4115	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4116
4117			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4118			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4119			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4120
4121	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4122			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4123			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4124
4125	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4126			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4127			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4128			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4129			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4130			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4131
4132	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4133			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4134			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4135			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4136			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4137			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4138			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4139
4140	nr_cpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
4141			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4142			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4143			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4144			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4145			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4146			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4147			hot plugging.
4148
4149	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4150
4151	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
4152			Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
4153			spanning all memory.
4154
4155	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4156			NUMA balancing.
4157			Allowed values are enable and disable
4158
4159	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4160			'node', 'default' can be specified
4161			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4162			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4163
4164	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4165			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4166			info.
4167
4168	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4169			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4170			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4171			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4172			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4173			interrupts *may* be lost!
4174
4175	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4176			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4177			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4178			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4179
4180	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4181
4182			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4183
4184			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4185				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4186			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4187				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4188				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4189
4190	oops=panic	[KNL,EARLY]
4191			Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4192			process, but there is a small probability of
4193			deadlocking the machine.
4194			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4195			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4196
4197	page_alloc.shuffle=
4198			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4199			should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
4200			used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
4201			the flag can be read from sysfs at:
4202			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4203			This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
4204
4205	page_owner=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4206			Storage of the information about who allocated
4207			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4208			we can turn it on.
4209			on: enable the feature
4210
4211	page_poison=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4212			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4213			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4214			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4215			on: turn on poisoning
4216
4217	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4218			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4219			Format: <integer>
4220			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4221			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4222
4223	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4224			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4225			timeout = 0: wait forever
4226			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4227			Format: <timeout>
4228
4229	panic_on_taint=	[KNL,EARLY]
4230			Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4231			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4232			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4233			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4234			called with any of the flags in this set.
4235			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4236			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4237			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4238			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4239			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4240			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4241			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4242
4243	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4244			on a WARN().
4245
4246	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4247			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4248			bit 0: print all tasks info
4249			bit 1: print system memory info
4250			bit 2: print timer info
4251			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4252			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4253			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4254			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4255			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4256			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4257			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4258			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4259			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4260
4261	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4262			connected to, default is 0.
4263			Format: <parport#>
4264	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4265			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4266			Format: <mode>
4267
4268	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4269			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4270			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4271			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4272			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4273			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4274			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4275			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4276			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4277			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4278			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4279			are specified on the command line, starting
4280			with parport0.
4281
4282	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4283			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4284			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4285			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4286			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4287			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4288			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4289
4290	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4291			Format: <int>
4292			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4293			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4294			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4295
4296	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4297			Format: <int>
4298			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4299			changes.  Disabled by default.
4300
4301	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4302			Format: <int>
4303			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4304			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4305			Disabled by default.
4306
4307	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4308			Format: <int>
4309			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4310			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4311			Disabled by default.
4312
4313	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4314			Format: <int>
4315			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4316			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4317			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4318			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4319			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4320			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4321			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4322			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4323			all channels.
4324
4325	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4326			Format: <int>
4327			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4328			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4329			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4330
4331	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4332			Format: <int>
4333			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4334			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4335			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4336
4337	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4338			Format: <int>
4339			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4340			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4341			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4342			All modes allowed by default.
4343
4344	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4345			Format: <int>
4346			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4347			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4348
4349	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4350			Format: <int>
4351			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4352			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4353			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4354			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4355			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4356			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4357			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4358			By default all supported ports are probed.
4359
4360	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4361			Format: <int>
4362			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4363			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4364
4365	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4366			Format: <int>
4367			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4368			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4369			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4370			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4371			0 otherwise.
4372
4373	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4374			Format: <int>
4375			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4376			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4377			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4378			allowed by default.
4379
4380	pause_on_oops=<int>
4381			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4382			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4383			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4384
4385	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4386
4387	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
4388
4389				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4390				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4391				specified in one of the following formats:
4392
4393				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4394				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4395
4396				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4397				bus/device/function address which may change
4398				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4399				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4400				by other kernel parameters. If the
4401				domain is left unspecified, it is
4402				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4403				to a device through multiple device/function
4404				addresses can be specified after the base
4405				address (this is more robust against
4406				renumbering issues).  The second format
4407				selects devices using IDs from the
4408				configuration space which may match multiple
4409				devices in the system.
4410
4411		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4412				changes anything
4413		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4414		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4415				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4416				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4417		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4418				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4419				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4420				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4421		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4422				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4423				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4424		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4425				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4426				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4427				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4428				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4429				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4430				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4431		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4432				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4433				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4434		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4435				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4436		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4437				Configuration
4438		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4439				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4440				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4441		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4442				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4443				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4444		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4445				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4446				should never be necessary.
4447		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4448				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4449				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4450				when the system masks IRQs.
4451		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4452				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4453				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4454				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4455		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4456				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4457				on several machines and they hang the machine
4458				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4459				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4460				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4461				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4462				motherboard.
4463		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4464				Use with caution as certain devices share
4465				address decoders between ROMs and other
4466				resources.
4467		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4468				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4469				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4470		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4471				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4472		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4473				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4474				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4475				this way.
4476		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4477				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4478				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4479				F0000h-100000h range.
4480		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4481				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4482				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4483				explicitly which ones they are.
4484		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4485				numbers ourselves, overriding
4486				whatever the firmware may have done.
4487		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4488				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4489				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4490				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4491				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4492				IRQ routing is enabled.
4493		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4494				or for PCI scanning.
4495		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4496				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4497				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4498				please report a bug.
4499		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4500				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4501		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4502				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4503				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4504				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4505				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4506		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4507				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4508				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4509				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4510		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4511				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4512				so this option is a temporary workaround
4513				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4514		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4515				handle more pci cards
4516		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4517				This might help on some broken boards which
4518				machine check when some devices' config space
4519				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4520				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4521		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4522				This sorting is done to get a device
4523				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4524		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4525		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4526				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4527		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4528				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4529		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4530				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4531				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4532				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4533				or bus can support) for best performance.
4534		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4535				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4536				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4537				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4538				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4539				that hot-added devices will work.
4540		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4541				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4542				The default value is 256 bytes.
4543		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4544				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4545				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4546		resource_alignment=
4547				Format:
4548				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4549				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4550				aligned memory resources. How to
4551				specify the device is described above.
4552				If <order of align> is not specified,
4553				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4554				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4555				windows need to be expanded.
4556				To specify the alignment for several
4557				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4558				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4559				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4560				for 4096-byte alignment.
4561		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4562				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4563				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4564				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4565				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4566				the default.
4567				off: Turn ECRC off
4568				on: Turn ECRC on.
4569		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4570				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4571				Default size is 256 bytes.
4572		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4573				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4574				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4575		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4576				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4577				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4578		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4579				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4580				MMIO_PREF window.
4581				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4582		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4583				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4584				Default is 1.
4585		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4586				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4587				accommodate resources required by all child
4588				devices.
4589				off: Turn realloc off
4590				on: Turn realloc on
4591		realloc		same as realloc=on
4592		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4593		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4594				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4595		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4596				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4597				port.
4598		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4599				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4600				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4601				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4602				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4603				taints the kernel.
4604		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4605				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4606				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4607				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4608				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4609				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4610				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4611				this removes isolation between devices and
4612				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4613		config_acs=
4614				Format:
4615				<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
4616				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4617				specified above) optionally prepended with flags
4618				and separated by semicolons. The respective
4619				capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
4620				unchanged based on what is specified in
4621				flags.
4622
4623				ACS Flags is defined as follows:
4624				  bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
4625				  bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
4626				  bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
4627				  bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
4628				  bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
4629				  bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
4630				  bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
4631				Each bit can be marked as:
4632				  '0' – force disabled
4633				  '1' – force enabled
4634				  'x' – unchanged
4635				For example,
4636				  pci=config_acs=10x
4637				would configure all devices that support
4638				ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
4639				Translation Blocking, and leave Source
4640				Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
4641				or firmware set it to.
4642
4643				Note: this may remove isolation between devices
4644				and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4645		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4646		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4647		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4648				one PCI domain per PCI function
4649
4650	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
4651			Management.
4652		off	Don't touch ASPM configuration at all.  Leave any
4653			configuration done by firmware unchanged.
4654		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4655			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4656
4657	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4658		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4659			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4660			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4661			also tries to use these services.
4662		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4663				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4664		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4665			hotplug).
4666
4667	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4668		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4669		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4670
4671	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4672		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4673			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4674
4675	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4676
4677	pd_ignore_unused
4678			[PM]
4679			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4680			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4681			for debug and development, but should not be
4682			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4683
4684	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4685			boot time.
4686			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4687			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4688
4689	percpu_alloc=	[MM,EARLY]
4690			Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4691			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4692			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4693			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4694			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4695			and performance comparison.
4696
4697	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4698			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4699
4700	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4701			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4702			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4703
4704	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4705			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4706			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4707
4708	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4709			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4710			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4711			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4712			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4713			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4714			remains 0.
4715
4716	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4717			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4718
4719	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4720			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4721			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4722			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4723			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4724			possible settings and some assignment information.
4725
4726	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4727			{ off }
4728
4729	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4730			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4731
4732	pnp_reserve_irq=
4733			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4734
4735	pnp_reserve_dma=
4736			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4737
4738	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4739			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4740
4741	pnp_reserve_mem=
4742			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4743			autoconfiguration.
4744			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4745
4746	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4747			Default is 21.
4748			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4749			may be specified.
4750			Format: <port>,<port>....
4751
4752	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
4753			Format: <unsigned int>
4754			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
4755			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
4756
4757	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4758			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4759			platform machine description specific power_save
4760			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4761			execution priority.
4762
4763	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4764			[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4765			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4766			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4767			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4768
4769	ppc_tm=		[PPC,EARLY]
4770			Format: {"off"}
4771			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4772
4773	preempt=	[KNL]
4774			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4775			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4776			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4777			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4778			       can be preempted anytime.  Tasks will also yield
4779			       contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
4780			       explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
4781
4782	print-fatal-signals=
4783			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4784
4785			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4786			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4787			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4788			coredump - etc.
4789
4790			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4791			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4792
4793			default: off.
4794
4795	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4796			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4797			panics
4798			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4799			default: disabled
4800
4801	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4802			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4803			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4804			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4805			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4806			in order to provide more debug information.
4807			Format: <bool>
4808			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4809
4810	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4811			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4812			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4813			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4814			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4815			Default: ratelimit
4816
4817	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4818			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4819
4820	proc_mem.force_override= [KNL]
4821			Format: {always | ptrace | never}
4822			Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows memory permissions to be
4823			overridden without restrictions. This option may be set to
4824			restrict that. Can be one of:
4825			- 'always': traditional behavior always allows mem overrides.
4826			- 'ptrace': only allow mem overrides for active ptracers.
4827			- 'never':  never allow mem overrides.
4828			If not specified, default is the CONFIG_PROC_MEM_* choice.
4829
4830	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4831			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4832			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4833
4834	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4835			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4836			instead using the legacy FADT method
4837
4838	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4839			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4840			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule" or "kvm"
4841				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4842			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4843			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4844			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4845				statistical time based profiling.
4846
4847	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4848
4849	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4850			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4851			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
4852			might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
4853			Layout Randomization is disabled.
4854			Format: <bool>
4855
4856	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4857			tracking.
4858			Format: <bool>
4859
4860	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4861			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4862	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4863			per second.
4864	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4865			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4866			(0 = never).
4867	psmouse.resolution=
4868			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4869	psmouse.smartscroll=
4870			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4871			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4872
4873	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4874
4875	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4876			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4877			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4878			system calls and interrupts.
4879
4880			on   - unconditionally enable
4881			off  - unconditionally disable
4882			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4883			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4884
4885			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4886
4887	pty.legacy_count=
4888			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4889			default number.
4890
4891	quiet		[KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
4892
4893	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4894
4895	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4896			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4897			invalidate.
4898
4899	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4900			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4901
4902	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4903			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4904
4905	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4906
4907	random.trust_cpu=off
4908			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4909			random number generator (if available) to
4910			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4911
4912	random.trust_bootloader=off
4913			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4914			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4915			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4916
4917	randomize_kstack_offset=
4918			[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4919			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4920			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4921			that depend on stack address determinism or
4922			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4923			available on architectures that have defined
4924			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4925			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4926			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4927
4928	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4929
4930		cec_disable	[X86]
4931				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4932				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4933
4934	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4935			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4936			as described above.
4937
4938			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4939			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4940			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4941			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4942			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4943			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4944			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4945			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4946			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4947			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4948			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4949			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4950
4951			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4952			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4953
4954			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4955			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4956			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4957			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4958
4959			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4960			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4961
4962	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4963			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4964			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4965			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4966			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4967			This improves the real-time response for the
4968			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4969			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4970			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4971			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4972
4973	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4974			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4975			process in one batch.
4976
4977	rcutree.csd_lock_suppress_rcu_stall=	[KNL]
4978			Do only a one-line RCU CPU stall warning when
4979			there is an ongoing too-long CSD-lock wait.
4980
4981	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
4982			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
4983			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
4984			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
4985			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
4986			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
4987
4988	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4989			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4990			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4991			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4992
4993	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4994			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4995			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4996
4997	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4998			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4999			RCU grace-period initialization.
5000
5001	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
5002			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5003			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
5004			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
5005			the rcu_node combining tree.
5006
5007	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
5008			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
5009			first attempt to force quiescent states.
5010			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
5011			and maximum value is HZ.
5012
5013	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
5014			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
5015			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
5016			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
5017
5018	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
5019			Set required age in jiffies for a
5020			given grace period before RCU starts
5021			soliciting quiescent-state help from
5022			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
5023			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
5024			a value based on the most recent settings
5025			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
5026			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
5027			This calculated value may be viewed in
5028			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
5029			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
5030			overwritten.
5031
5032	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
5033			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
5034			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
5035			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
5036			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
5037			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
5038			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
5039			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
5040			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
5041			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
5042			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
5043			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
5044
5045	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
5046			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
5047			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
5048			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
5049			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
5050			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
5051			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
5052			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
5053			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
5054			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
5055			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
5056			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
5057
5058	rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay= [KNL]
5059			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, avoid
5060			disturbing RCU unless the grace period has
5061			reached the specified age in milliseconds.
5062			Defaults to zero.  Large values will be capped
5063			at five seconds.  All values will be rounded down
5064			to the nearest value representable by jiffies.
5065
5066	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
5067			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5068			batch limiting is disabled.
5069
5070	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
5071			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
5072			batch limiting is re-enabled.
5073
5074	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
5075			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5076			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
5077			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
5078			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
5079			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
5080			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
5081			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
5082
5083	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
5084			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
5085			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
5086			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
5087
5088	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
5089			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
5090			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
5091			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
5092			The result will be bounded below by the value of
5093			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
5094			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
5095			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
5096
5097			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
5098			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
5099			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
5100			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
5101			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
5102
5103	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
5104			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
5105			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
5106			possibly be useful for architectures having high
5107			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
5108
5109	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
5110			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
5111			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
5112			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
5113			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
5114			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
5115			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
5116
5117	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
5118			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
5119			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
5120			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
5121			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
5122			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
5123			condition.
5124
5125	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
5126			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
5127			each group, which defaults to the square root
5128			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
5129			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
5130			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
5131			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
5132
5133	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
5134			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
5135			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
5136			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
5137			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
5138			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
5139
5140	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5141			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5142			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5143			By default, this limit is checked only once
5144			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5145			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5146
5147	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5148			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5149			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5150			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5151			Larger delays increase the probability of
5152			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5153			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5154			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5155
5156	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5157			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5158			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5159			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5160
5161	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5162			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5163			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5164			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5165			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5166
5167			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5168			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5169			to zero.
5170
5171	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
5172			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
5173			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
5174			big.
5175
5176	rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
5177			Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
5178			maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
5179			does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
5180			use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
5181			normal grace period.
5182
5183			How to enable it:
5184
5185			echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
5186			or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
5187
5188			Default is 0.
5189
5190	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5191			Measure performance of asynchronous
5192			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5193
5194	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5195			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5196			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5197			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5198			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5199			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5200
5201	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5202			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5203			grace-period primitives.
5204
5205	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5206			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5207			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5208			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5209			interference.
5210
5211	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5212			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5213			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5214
5215	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5216			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5217			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5218			Defaults to 1.
5219
5220	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5221			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5222
5223	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5224			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5225			If this parameter has the same value as
5226			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5227			and double-argument variants are tested.
5228
5229	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5230			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5231			If this parameter has the same value as
5232			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5233			and double-argument variants are tested.
5234
5235	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5236			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5237
5238	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5239			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5240
5241	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5242			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5243			of allocations and frees.
5244
5245	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5246			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5247			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5248			but instead allows better measurement of things
5249			like CPU consumption.
5250
5251	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5252			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5253			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5254			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5255			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5256			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5257			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5258			a single reader.
5259
5260	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5261			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5262			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5263			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5264
5265	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5266			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5267
5268	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5269			Shut the system down after performance tests
5270			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5271			testing.
5272
5273	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5274			Enable additional printk() statements.
5275
5276	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5277			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5278			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5279			no holdoff.
5280
5281	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5282			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5283			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5284			says no holdoff.
5285
5286	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5287			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5288			in microseconds.
5289
5290	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5291			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5292			in microseconds.
5293
5294	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5295			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5296			in seconds.
5297
5298	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5299			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5300			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5301			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5302			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5303			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5304			of CPUs to be used.
5305
5306	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5307			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5308			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5309
5310	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5311			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5312			forward-progress tests.
5313
5314	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5315			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5316			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5317			testing.
5318
5319	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5320			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5321			primitives, if available.
5322
5323	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5324			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5325
5326	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5327			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5328			update-side primitives, if available.
5329
5330	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5331			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5332			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5333			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5334			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5335			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5336			they are all non-zero.
5337
5338	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5339			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5340			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5341			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5342
5343	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5344			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5345			This can of course result in splats, and is
5346			intended to test the ability of things like
5347			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5348			such leaks.
5349
5350	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5351			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5352
5353	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5354			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5355			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5356			test, hence the "fake".
5357
5358	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5359			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5360			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5361
5362	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5363			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5364			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5365
5366	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5367			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5368			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5369			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5370			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5371			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5372
5373	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5374			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5375
5376	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5377			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5378
5379	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5380			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5381			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5382
5383	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5384			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5385			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5386			task-exit processing.
5387
5388	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5389			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5390			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5391			is spawned.
5392
5393	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5394			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5395			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5396
5397	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5398			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5399			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5400			during the rcutorture test.
5401
5402	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5403			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5404			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5405
5406	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5407			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5408			warnings, zero to disable.
5409
5410	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5411			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5412			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5413			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5414			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5415			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5416			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5417			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5418			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5419			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5420
5421			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5422
5423
5424	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5425			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5426
5427	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5428			Disable interrupts while stalling if set, but only
5429			on the first stall in the set.
5430
5431	rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat= [KNL]
5432			Number of times to repeat the stall sequence,
5433			so that rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat=3 will result
5434			in four stall sequences.
5435
5436	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5437			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5438			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5439			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5440			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5441			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5442
5443	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5444			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5445
5446	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5447			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5448			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5449			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5450			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5451
5452	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5453			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5454			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5455			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5456
5457	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5458			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5459
5460	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5461			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5462
5463	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5464			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5465			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5466
5467	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5468			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5469
5470	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5471			Enable additional printk() statements.
5472
5473	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5474			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5475			stall warning.
5476
5477	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
5478			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
5479			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
5480			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
5481			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
5482
5483	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5484			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5485
5486	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5487			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5488			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5489			during early boot, that is, during the time
5490			before the init task is spawned.
5491
5492	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5493			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5494			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5495			value is 300 seconds.
5496
5497	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5498			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5499			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5500			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5501			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5502			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5503			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5504			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5505			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5506
5507	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5508			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5509			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5510			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5511			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5512
5513	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5514			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5515			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5516			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5517
5518	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5519			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5520			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5521			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5522			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5523			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5524			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5525
5526	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5527			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5528			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5529			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5530			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5531			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5532			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5533			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5534			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5535
5536	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5537			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5538			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5539			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5540			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5541
5542			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5543			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5544			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5545			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5546			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5547			grace-period processing.
5548
5549	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5550			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5551			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5552			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5553			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5554			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5555			set to the default value of -1.
5556
5557	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5558			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5559			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5560			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5561			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5562			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5563			the default value of -1.
5564
5565	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5566			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5567			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5568			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5569			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5570			for use in testing.
5571
5572	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5573			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5574			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5575			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5576			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5577			but lengthens grace periods.
5578
5579	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5580			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5581			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
5582			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
5583			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
5584			callback flooding.
5585
5586	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5587			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5588			informational messages, which give some indication
5589			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5590			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5591			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5592			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5593			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5594			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5595			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5596
5597	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5598			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5599			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5600			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5601			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5602			the value three, so that the first informational
5603			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5604			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5605			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5606			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5607
5608	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5609			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5610			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5611			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5612			A change in value does not take effect until
5613			the beginning of the next grace period.
5614
5615	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5616			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
5617			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
5618			A negative value will take the default.  A value
5619			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
5620			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
5621
5622	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5623			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5624			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
5625			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
5626			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5627			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5628			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
5629
5630	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5631			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5632
5633	rdinit=		[KNL]
5634			Format: <full_path>
5635			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5636			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5637
5638	rdrand=		[X86,EARLY]
5639			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5640				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5641				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5642				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5643				path).
5644
5645	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5646			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5647			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5648			mba, smba, bmec.
5649			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5650				rdt=cmt,!mba
5651
5652	reboot=		[KNL]
5653			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5654				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5655				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5656				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5657				[[,]f[orce]
5658			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5659					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5660					reboot only),
5661			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5662			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5663			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5664					to be used for rebooting.
5665
5666	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5667			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5668			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5669			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5670			interference.
5671
5672	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
5673			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
5674			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
5675			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
5676			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
5677
5678	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5679			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5680			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5681			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5682			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5683			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5684			x86 laptops.
5685
5686	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5687			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5688			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5689			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5690
5691	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5692			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5693			the console log.
5694
5695	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5696			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5697			measured in microseconds.
5698
5699	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5700			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5701
5702	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5703			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5704			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5705			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5706			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5707
5708	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5709			Enable additional printk() statements.
5710
5711	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5712			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5713			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5714			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5715			specified.
5716
5717	regulator_ignore_unused
5718			[REGULATOR]
5719			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
5720			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
5721			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
5722			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
5723
5724	relax_domain_level=
5725			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5726			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5727
5728	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5729			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5730			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5731			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5732			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5733
5734	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
5735			Format: nn[KNG]:<align>:<label>
5736			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
5737			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
5738			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
5739			line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
5740			soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
5741			location. For example, if anything about the system changes
5742			or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
5743			places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
5744			was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
5745			different location.
5746			Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
5747			that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
5748			boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
5749			located at the same location.
5750
5751			The format is size:align:label for example, to request
5752			12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
5753
5754			reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
5755
5756	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
5757			Format: nn[KMG]
5758			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5759			address space.
5760
5761	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5762			during initialization.
5763
5764	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5765			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5766			Format:
5767			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5768
5769	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5770			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5771			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5772			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5773			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5774
5775	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5776			read the resume files
5777
5778	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5779			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5780			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5781
5782	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
5783			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
5784
5785	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5786			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5787			vulnerability.
5788
5789			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5790			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5791			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5792			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5793			that don't.
5794
5795			off          - no mitigation
5796			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5797			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5798				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5799				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5800				       and older without STIBP).
5801			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5802				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5803				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5804				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5805				       on Intel.
5806			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5807				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5808				       the alternative for systems which do not
5809				       have STIBP.
5810			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5811				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5812				       systems.
5813			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5814				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5815				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5816
5817			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5818			time according to the CPU.
5819
5820			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5821
5822	rfkill.default_state=
5823		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5824			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5825		1	Unblocked.
5826
5827	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5828		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5829		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5830			blocked and the previous configuration.
5831		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5832			blocked and everything unblocked.
5833
5834	ring3mwait=disable
5835			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5836			CPUs.
5837
5838	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
5839			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
5840			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
5841			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
5842			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
5843			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
5844
5845	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5846
5847	rodata=		[KNL,EARLY]
5848		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5849		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5850		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5851		        [arm64]
5852
5853	rockchip.usb_uart
5854			[EARLY]
5855			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5856			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5857			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5858			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5859
5860	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5861			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
5862			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
5863			block/early-lookup.c for details.
5864			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
5865			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
5866			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
5867
5868	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5869			mount the root filesystem
5870
5871	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5872
5873	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5874
5875	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5876			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5877			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5878
5879	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
5880			to show up before attempting to mount the root
5881			filesystem.
5882
5883	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5884			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5885			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5886			managed by CMA.
5887
5888	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5889
5890	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5891
5892	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5893			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5894		strict
5895			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
5896			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
5897			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
5898			iommu.strict=1.
5899
5900	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5901			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5902			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5903			factor of the size of main memory.
5904			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5905			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5906			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5907			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5908			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5909			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5910			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5911
5912	sa1100ir	[NET]
5913			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5914
5915	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5916
5917	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5918			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5919			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5920			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5921
5922	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5923			[Deprecated]
5924			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5925			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5926			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5927			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5928			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5929			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5930			value.
5931			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5932			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5933				1			64 ms
5934				2			128 ms
5935			and so on.
5936			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5937			Default is 0.
5938
5939	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5940			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5941			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5942			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5943			tests.
5944
5945	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5946			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5947			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5948			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5949			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5950			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5951			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5952
5953	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5954			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5955			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5956			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5957			equal to the number of CPUs.
5958
5959	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5960			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5961			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5962
5963	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5964			Number seconds to wait between successive
5965			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5966			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5967
5968	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5969			The number of seconds following the start of the
5970			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5971			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5972			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5973
5974	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5975			The number of seconds between outputting the
5976			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5977			of zero disables statistics output.
5978
5979	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5980			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5981			to the set of CPUs under test.
5982
5983	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5984			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5985			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5986			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5987			functions.
5988
5989	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5990			Enable additional printk() statements.
5991
5992	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5993			The probability weighting to use for the
5994			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5995			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5996			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5997			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5998			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5999
6000	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
6001			The probability weighting to use for the
6002			smp_call_function_single() function with a
6003			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6004
6005	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
6006			The probability weighting to use for the
6007			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
6008			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6009			Note well that setting a high probability for
6010			this weighting can place serious IPI load
6011			on the system.
6012
6013	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
6014			The probability weighting to use for the
6015			smp_call_function_many() function with a
6016			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6017			and weight_many.
6018
6019	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
6020			The probability weighting to use for the
6021			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
6022			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
6023			weight_many.
6024
6025	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
6026			The probability weighting to use for the
6027			smp_call_function_all() function with a
6028			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6029			and weight_many.
6030
6031	skew_tick=	[KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
6032			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
6033			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
6034			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6035			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
6036			1 -- enable.
6037			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
6038			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
6039
6040	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
6041			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
6042			"lsm=" parameter.
6043
6044	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
6045			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6046			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
6047			0 -- disable.
6048			1 -- enable.
6049			Default value is 1.
6050
6051	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
6052
6053	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
6054
6055	shapers=	[NET]
6056			Maximal number of shapers.
6057
6058	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
6059			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
6060			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
6061			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
6062			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
6063			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
6064			apic=verbose is specified.
6065			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
6066
6067	slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM]
6068			Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
6069			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
6070			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
6071			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
6072			last alloc / free. For more information see
6073			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6074			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
6075
6076	slab_max_order= [MM]
6077			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
6078			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
6079			fragmentation. For more information see
6080			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6081			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6082
6083	slab_merge	[MM]
6084			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
6085			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
6086			(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
6087
6088	slab_min_objects=	[MM]
6089			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
6090			increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
6091			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
6092			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
6093			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
6094			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
6095			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6096			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
6097
6098	slab_min_order=	[MM]
6099			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
6100			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
6101			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6102			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6103
6104	slab_nomerge	[MM]
6105			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
6106			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
6107			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
6108			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
6109			layout control by attackers can usually be
6110			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
6111			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
6112			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
6113			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
6114			own.
6115			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6116			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
6117
6118	slram=		[HW,MTD]
6119
6120	smart2=		[HW]
6121			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
6122
6123	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
6124			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
6125			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
6126			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
6127			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
6128			disabling interrupts for extended periods
6129			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
6130			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
6131			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
6132			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
6133
6134	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
6135			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
6136			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
6137			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
6138			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
6139			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
6140
6141	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
6142	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
6143	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
6144	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
6145	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
6146	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
6147	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
6148				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
6149				1: Fast pin select (default)
6150				2: ATC IRMode
6151
6152	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
6153			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
6154			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
6155			be capped to the actual hardware limit.
6156			Format: <integer>
6157			Default: -1 (no limit)
6158
6159	softlockup_panic=
6160			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
6161			Format: 0 | 1
6162
6163			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
6164			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
6165			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
6166			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
6167			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6168
6169	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6170			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6171			backtraces on all cpus.
6172			Format: 0 | 1
6173
6174	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6175			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6176
6177	spectre_bhi=	[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
6178			(BHI) vulnerability.  This setting affects the
6179			deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
6180			clearing sequence.
6181
6182			on     - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
6183				 needed.  This protects the kernel from
6184				 both syscalls and VMs.
6185			vmexit - On systems which don't have the HW mitigation
6186				 available, enable the SW mitigation on vmexit
6187				 ONLY.  On such systems, the host kernel is
6188				 protected from VM-originated BHI attacks, but
6189				 may still be vulnerable to syscall attacks.
6190			off    - Disable the mitigation.
6191
6192	spectre_v2=	[X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6193			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6194			The default operation protects the kernel from
6195			user space attacks.
6196
6197			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6198			       spectre_v2_user=on
6199			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6200			       spectre_v2_user=off
6201			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6202			       vulnerable
6203
6204			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6205			mitigation method at run time according to the
6206			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6207			CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
6208			and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
6209
6210			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6211			against user space to user space task attacks.
6212
6213			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6214			the user space protections.
6215
6216			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6217
6218			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6219			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6220			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6221			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6222			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6223			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6224			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6225			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6226
6227			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6228			spectre_v2=auto.
6229
6230	spectre_v2_user=
6231			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6232		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6233		        user space tasks
6234
6235			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6236				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6237
6238			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6239				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6240
6241			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6242				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6243				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6244				  is inherited on fork.
6245
6246			prctl,ibpb
6247				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6248				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6249				  always when switching between different user
6250				  space processes.
6251
6252			seccomp
6253				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6254				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6255				  they explicitly opt out.
6256
6257			seccomp,ibpb
6258				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6259				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6260				  always when switching between different
6261				  user space processes.
6262
6263			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6264				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6265
6266			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6267
6268			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6269			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6270
6271	spec_rstack_overflow=
6272			[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6273
6274			off		- Disable mitigation
6275			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6276			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6277			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6278					  kernel entry
6279			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6280					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6281
6282	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6283			[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6284			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6285
6286			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6287			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6288			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6289			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6290			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6291			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6292			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6293			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6294
6295			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6296			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6297			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6298			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6299
6300			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6301			Bypass optimization is used.
6302
6303			On x86 the options are:
6304
6305			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6306			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6307			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6308				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6309				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6310				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6311				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6312				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6313			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6314				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6315				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6316				  is inherited on fork.
6317			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6318				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6319
6320			Default mitigations:
6321			X86:	"prctl"
6322
6323			On powerpc the options are:
6324
6325			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6326				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6327				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6328				  exit.
6329			off	- No action.
6330
6331			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6332			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6333
6334	split_lock_detect=
6335			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6336
6337			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6338			instructions that access data across cache line
6339			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6340			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6341			bus lock detection.
6342
6343			off	- not enabled
6344
6345			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6346				  about applications triggering the #AC
6347				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6348				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6349				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6350				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6351				  enabled in hardware.
6352
6353			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6354				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6355				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6356				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6357
6358			ratelimit:N -
6359				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6360				  per second for bus lock detection.
6361				  0 < N <= 1000.
6362
6363				  N/A for split lock detection.
6364
6365
6366			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6367			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6368			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6369			mode.
6370
6371			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6372			CPL > 0.
6373
6374	srbds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
6375			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6376			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6377
6378			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6379			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6380			number generator.
6381
6382			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6383			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6384			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6385			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6386			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6387
6388			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6389			the following option:
6390
6391			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6392				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6393
6394	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6395			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6396			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6397			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6398			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6399			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6400			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6401			(decide at boot).
6402
6403	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6404			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6405			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6406			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6407
6408				   0:  Never.
6409				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6410				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6411				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6412				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6413
6414			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6415			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6416			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6417
6418	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6419			Specifies how frequently to check for
6420			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6421			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6422			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6423			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6424			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6425			are ignored.
6426
6427	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6428			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6429			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6430			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6431			grace period will be considered for automatic
6432			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6433			expediting.
6434
6435	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6436			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6437			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6438			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6439			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6440			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6441
6442	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6443			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6444			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6445			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6446			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6447			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6448
6449	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6450			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6451			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6452
6453	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6454			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6455			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6456			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6457			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6458			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6459			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6460
6461	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW,EARLY]
6462			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6463
6464			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6465			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6466			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6467			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6468
6469			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6470				   for both kernel and userspace
6471			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6472				   for both kernel and userspace
6473			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6474				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6475				   to allow userspace to register its
6476				   interest in being mitigated too.
6477
6478	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6479			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6480			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6481			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6482			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6483			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6484
6485	stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
6486			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6487			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6488			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6489			to false.
6490
6491	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6492			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6493
6494	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6495			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6496			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6497			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6498			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6499			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6500			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6501
6502	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6503			Format: <num>
6504			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6505			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6506			as the initial boot-console.
6507			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6508
6509	sti_font=	[HW]
6510			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6511
6512	stifb=		[HW]
6513			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6514
6515        strict_sas_size=
6516			[X86]
6517			Format: <bool>
6518			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6519			against the required signal frame size which
6520			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6521			be used to filter out binaries which have
6522			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6523
6524	stress_hpt	[PPC,EARLY]
6525			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6526			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6527			faults on kernel addresses.
6528
6529	stress_slb	[PPC,EARLY]
6530			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6531			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6532			on kernel addresses.
6533
6534	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6535	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6536			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6537			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6538			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6539			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6540			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6541			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6542			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6543			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6544			maximum port values.
6545
6546	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6547			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6548			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6549			process in parallel from a single connection.
6550			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6551
6552	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6553			[NFS]
6554			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6555			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6556			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6557			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6558			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6559			NFS server is running.
6560
6561			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6562				    automatically using heuristics
6563			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6564			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6565			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6566				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6567
6568	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6569	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6570			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6571			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6572			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6573			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6574			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6575			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6576
6577	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6578			[SUSPEND]
6579			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6580			mode before resuming the system (see
6581			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6582			is set. Default value is 5.
6583
6584	svm=		[PPC]
6585			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6586			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6587			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6588
6589	swiotlb=	[ARM,PPC,MIPS,X86,S390,EARLY]
6590			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6591			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6592			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6593				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6594				 to a power of 2.
6595			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6596			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6597			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6598
6599	switches=	[HW,M68k,EARLY]
6600
6601	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6602			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6603			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6604			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6605			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6606			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6607			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6608			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6609
6610	sysrq_always_enabled
6611			[KNL]
6612			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6613			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6614			Useful for debugging.
6615
6616	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6617			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6618			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6619			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6620			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6621			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6622
6623	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6624
6625	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6626			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6627			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6628			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6629			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6630			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6631			The system is woken from this state using a
6632			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6633
6634	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6635			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6636
6637	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6638			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6639			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6640
6641	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6642			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6643			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6644
6645	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6646			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6647
6648	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6649			-1: disable all passive trip points
6650			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6651			value
6652
6653	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6654			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6655			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6656			0: no polling (default)
6657
6658	threadirqs	[KNL,EARLY]
6659			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6660			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6661
6662	topology=	[S390,EARLY]
6663			Format: {off | on}
6664			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6665			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6666			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6667			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6668			Default is on.
6669
6670	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6671			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6672			until after init has spawned.
6673
6674	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6675			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6676			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6677			very costly operation when many torture tests
6678			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6679			with rotating-rust storage.
6680
6681	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6682			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6683			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6684			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6685
6686	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6687			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6688
6689	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6690			Format: integer pcr id
6691			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6692			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6693			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6694			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6695			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6696			are saved.
6697
6698	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
6699			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
6700			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
6701			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
6702			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
6703			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
6704
6705	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6706			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6707			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6708			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6709			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6710			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6711
6712			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6713			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6714			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6715			tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6716
6717			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6718			to stop the printing of events to console at
6719			late_initcall_sync.
6720
6721			** CAUTION **
6722
6723			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6724			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6725			the system to live lock.
6726
6727	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6728			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6729			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6730			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6731			make the system inoperable.
6732
6733			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6734			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6735
6736	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6737			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6738
6739	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6740			at boot up.
6741			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6742				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6743				depending on the architecture, may not be
6744				in sync between CPUs.
6745			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6746				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6747				but better for some race conditions.
6748			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6749				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6750				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6751				once per event.
6752			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6753			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6754			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6755			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6756				stamps.
6757			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6758			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6759			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6760
6761	trace_event=[event-list]
6762			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6763			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6764			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6765			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6766
6767	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6768			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6769			This will be listed in:
6770
6771				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6772
6773			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6774			via:
6775
6776				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6777
6778			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6779			unique.
6780
6781				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6782
6783			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6784			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6785			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6786
6787	trace_options=[option-list]
6788			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6789			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6790			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6791			to echo the option name into
6792
6793			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6794
6795			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6796			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6797
6798			      trace_options=stacktrace
6799
6800			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6801			section.
6802
6803	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6804			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6805			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6806			filter.
6807
6808			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6809			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6810
6811			For example:
6812
6813			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6814
6815			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6816			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6817			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6818
6819			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6820
6821
6822	traceoff_on_warning
6823			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6824			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6825			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6826			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6827
6828			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6829			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6830			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6831
6832			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6833			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6834
6835	transparent_hugepage=
6836			[KNL]
6837			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6838			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6839			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6840			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6841			for more details.
6842
6843	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6844			Format: <string>
6845			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6846			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6847			sources:
6848			- "tpm"
6849			- "tee"
6850			- "caam"
6851			- "dcp"
6852			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6853			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6854			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6855			successfully during iteration.
6856
6857	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6858			Format: <string>
6859			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6860			Can be one of:
6861			- "kernel"
6862			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6863			- "default"
6864			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6865			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6866
6867	trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
6868			This is intended to be used in combination with
6869			trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
6870			instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
6871
6872	trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
6873			This is intended to be used in combination with
6874			trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
6875			blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
6876			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
6877			scenarios.
6878
6879	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6880			Format: <string>
6881			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6882			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6883			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6884			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6885			virtualized environment.
6886			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6887			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6888			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6889			can add overhead.
6890			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6891			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6892			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6893			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6894			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6895			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6896			acceptable).
6897			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6898			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6899			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6900			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6901			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6902			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6903			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6904			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6905			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6906			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6907
6908	tsc_early_khz=  [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6909			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6910			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6911			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6912			Format: <unsigned int>
6913
6914	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6915			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6916			support TSX control.
6917
6918			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6919
6920			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6921				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6922				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6923				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6924				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6925				with leaving it enabled.
6926
6927			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6928				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6929				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6930				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6931				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6932				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6933				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6934
6935			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6936				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6937
6938			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6939
6940			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6941			for more details.
6942
6943	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6944			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6945
6946			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6947			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6948			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6949			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6950			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6951			conditions.
6952
6953			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6954			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6955			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6956			access.
6957
6958			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6959			options are:
6960
6961			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6962				     if TSX is enabled.
6963
6964			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6965				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6966				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6967				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6968			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6969
6970			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6971			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6972			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6973			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6974
6975			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6976			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6977			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6978			required and doesn't provide any additional
6979			mitigation.
6980
6981			For details see:
6982			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6983
6984	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6985			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6986			Format:
6987			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6988			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6989
6990	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6991			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6992			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6993			help "seeing" what's going on.
6994
6995	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6996			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6997
6998	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6999			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
7000			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
7001			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
7002			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
7003			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
7004			reported either.
7005
7006	unknown_nmi_panic
7007			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
7008
7009	unwind_debug	[X86-64,EARLY]
7010			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
7011			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
7012			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
7013			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
7014
7015	usbcore.authorized_default=
7016			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
7017			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
7018			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
7019			if device connected to internal port)
7020
7021	usbcore.autosuspend=
7022			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
7023			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
7024			is the time required before an idle device will be
7025			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
7026			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
7027
7028	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
7029			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
7030
7031	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
7032			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
7033			(default = 65536).
7034
7035	usbcore.blinkenlights=
7036			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
7037
7038	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
7039			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
7040			scheme (default 0 = off).
7041
7042	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
7043			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
7044			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
7045
7046	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
7047			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
7048			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
7049
7050	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
7051			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
7052			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
7053			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
7054
7055	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
7056
7057	usbcore.quirks=
7058			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
7059			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
7060			commas. Each entry has the form
7061			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
7062			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
7063			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
7064			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
7065			the following meanings:
7066				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
7067					descriptors must not be fetched using
7068					a 255-byte read);
7069				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
7070					correctly so reset it instead);
7071				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
7072					Set-Interface requests);
7073				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
7074					handle its Configuration or Interface
7075					strings);
7076				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
7077					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
7078				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
7079					more interface descriptions than the
7080					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
7081					talking to these interfaces);
7082				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
7083					during initialization, after we read
7084					the device descriptor);
7085				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
7086					high speed and super speed interrupt
7087					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
7088					require the interval in microframes (1
7089					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
7090					calculated as interval = 2 ^
7091					(bInterval-1).
7092					Devices with this quirk report their
7093					bInterval as the result of this
7094					calculation instead of the exponent
7095					variable used in the calculation);
7096				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
7097					handle device_qualifier descriptor
7098					requests);
7099				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
7100					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
7101					remote wakeup capability);
7102				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
7103					Power Management);
7104				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
7105					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
7106					frames instead of the USB 2.0
7107					calculation);
7108				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
7109					to be disconnected before suspend to
7110					prevent spurious wakeup);
7111				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
7112					pause after every control message);
7113				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
7114					delay after resetting its port);
7115				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
7116					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
7117					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
7118			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
7119
7120	usbhid.mousepoll=
7121			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
7122
7123	usbhid.jspoll=
7124			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
7125
7126	usbhid.kbpoll=
7127			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
7128
7129	usb-storage.delay_use=
7130			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
7131			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
7132			Optionally the delay in milliseconds if the value has
7133			suffix with "ms".
7134			Example: delay_use=2567ms
7135
7136	usb-storage.quirks=
7137			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
7138			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
7139			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
7140			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
7141			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
7142			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
7143			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
7144				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
7145					of sense data, not on uas);
7146				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
7147					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
7148				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
7149					device capacity by one sector);
7150				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
7151					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
7152				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
7153					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
7154				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
7155					command, uas only);
7156				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
7157					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
7158				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
7159					reported device capacity by one
7160					sector if the number is odd);
7161				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
7162					device);
7163				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
7164					command, uas only);
7165				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
7166				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
7167					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
7168				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
7169					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
7170					not on uas);
7171				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
7172					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
7173				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
7174					reported by the device, not on uas);
7175				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
7176					by default, not on uas);
7177				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
7178					bogus residue values, not on uas);
7179				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
7180					Logical Unit);
7181				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
7182					commands, uas only);
7183				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
7184				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
7185					medium is write-protected).
7186				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7187					even if the device claims no cache,
7188					not on uas)
7189			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7190
7191	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7192			Format: <int>
7193			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7194				 1 - undefined instruction events
7195				 2 - system calls
7196				 4 - invalid data aborts
7197				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7198				16 - SIGBUS faults
7199			Example: user_debug=31
7200
7201	userpte=
7202			[X86,EARLY] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
7203
7204				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
7205					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
7206					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
7207
7208	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7209			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7210
7211			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7212			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7213
7214	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7215			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7216			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7217
7218			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7219			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7220			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7221
7222			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7223			alias for vdso32=0.
7224
7225			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7226			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7227
7228	video=		[FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
7229			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7230
7231	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7232			Format: [0|1]
7233			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7234			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7235			level and then send out the event to user space through
7236			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7237			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7238			brightness level.
7239			default: 1
7240
7241	virtio_mmio.device=
7242			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7243
7244				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7245			where:
7246				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7247						like K, M and G)
7248				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7249				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7250						request_irq())
7251				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7252			example:
7253				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7254
7255			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7256
7257	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7258			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7259			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7260			Use vga=ask for menu.
7261			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7262			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7263
7264	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7265			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7266			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7267			All options are enabled by default, and this
7268			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7269			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7270			debugging features.
7271
7272			Available options are:
7273			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7274			  -	Disable all of the above options
7275
7276	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
7277			exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
7278			the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
7279			It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
7280			for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
7281			not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
7282			loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
7283			parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
7284
7285	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390,EARLY]
7286			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7287			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7288
7289	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7290			Format: <command>
7291
7292	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7293			Format: <command>
7294
7295	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7296			Format: <command>
7297
7298	vsyscall=	[X86-64,EARLY]
7299			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7300			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7301			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7302			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7303			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7304			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7305
7306			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7307			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7308				    readable.
7309
7310			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7311			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7312				    page is not readable.
7313
7314			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7315			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7316			            might break your system.
7317
7318	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7319			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7320			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7321
7322	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7323			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7324			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7325			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
7326
7327	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7328			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7329			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7330			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7331			ranging from 0-255.
7332
7333	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7334			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7335			Change the default green palette of the console.
7336			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7337			ranging from 0-255.
7338
7339	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7340			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7341			Change the default red palette of the console.
7342			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7343			ranging from 0-255.
7344
7345	vt.default_utf8=
7346			[VT]
7347			Format=<0|1>
7348			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7349			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7350			newly opened terminals.
7351
7352	vt.global_cursor_default=
7353			[VT]
7354			Format=<-1|0|1>
7355			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7356			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7357			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7358			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7359			cursors, 1 will display them.
7360
7361	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7362			Default: 2 = green.
7363
7364	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7365			Default: 3 = cyan.
7366
7367	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7368			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7369			or other driver-specific files in the
7370			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7371
7372	watchdog_thresh=
7373			[KNL]
7374			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7375			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7376			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7377			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7378			seconds.
7379
7380	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7381			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
7382			to use in unbound workqueues.
7383			Format: <cpu-list>
7384			By default, all online CPUs are available for
7385			unbound workqueues.
7386
7387	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
7388			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
7389			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
7390			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
7391			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
7392			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
7393			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
7394			corresponding sysfs file.
7395
7396	workqueue.panic_on_stall=<uint>
7397			Panic when workqueue stall is detected by
7398			CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG. It sets the number times of the
7399			stall to trigger panic.
7400
7401			The default is 0, which disables the panic on stall.
7402
7403	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
7404			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
7405			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
7406			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
7407			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
7408			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
7409
7410			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7411			will report the work functions which violate this
7412			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
7413			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
7414
7415	workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
7416			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7417			will report the work functions which violate the
7418			intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
7419			spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
7420			function has violated this threshold number of times.
7421
7422			The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
7423
7424	workqueue.power_efficient
7425			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
7426			they show better performance thanks to cache
7427			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
7428			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
7429
7430			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
7431			were observed to contribute significantly to power
7432			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
7433			power usage at the cost of small performance
7434			overhead.
7435
7436			The default value of this parameter is determined by
7437			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
7438
7439        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
7440			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
7441			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
7442			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
7443			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
7444			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
7445
7446			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
7447			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
7448			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
7449			updated accordingly.
7450
7451	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
7452			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
7453			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
7454			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
7455			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
7456			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
7457			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
7458			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
7459			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
7460			impacted.
7461
7462	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
7463			Type) of ioremap_wc().
7464
7465			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
7466			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
7467
7468	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
7469			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
7470			supporting x2apic.
7471
7472	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
7473			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
7474			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
7475			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
7476			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
7477			domains.
7478
7479	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
7480			Unplug Xen emulated devices
7481			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
7482			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
7483			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
7484			nics -- unplug network devices
7485			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
7486			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
7487				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
7488				the unplug protocol
7489			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
7490
7491	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7492			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
7493			panic() code such as dumping handler.
7494
7495	xen_mc_debug	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7496			Enable multicall debugging when running as a Xen PV guest.
7497			Enabling this feature will reduce performance a little
7498			bit, so it should only be enabled for obtaining extended
7499			debug data in case of multicall errors.
7500
7501	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7502			Format: <bool>
7503			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
7504			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
7505			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
7506
7507	xen_nopv	[X86]
7508			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
7509			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
7510			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
7511			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7512
7513	xen_no_vector_callback
7514			[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
7515			event channel interrupts.
7516
7517	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
7518			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
7519			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
7520			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
7521			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
7522
7523	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
7524			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
7525			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
7526			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
7527			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7528			more timer interrupts.
7529
7530	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7531			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7532			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7533			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7534			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7535			max. Default is 180.
7536
7537	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7538			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7539			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7540
7541	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7542			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7543			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7544
7545	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7546			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7547			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7548			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7549			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7550			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7551
7552	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7553			Format:
7554			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7555
7556	xive=		[PPC]
7557			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7558			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7559			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7560
7561			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7562				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7563				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7564
7565	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7566			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7567			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7568			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7569			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7570
7571	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7572			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7573			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7574			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7575
7576	xmon		[PPC,EARLY]
7577			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7578			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7579			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7580			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7581				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7582			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7583				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7584				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7585				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7586			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7587				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7588				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7589				can be written using xmon commands.
7590			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7591				memory, and other data can't be written using
7592				xmon commands.
7593			off	xmon is disabled.
7594